RH Reality Check
Font Size: A |  A |  A

child marriage

Rates of Sexual Abuse of India's Children Shockingly High

By Deepali Gaur Singh, RH Reality Check, Asia

October 12, 2009 - 6:00am

Deepali Gaur Singh's picture
With over 35 million homeless children in India, and shelters for only 36,000 of them, children's lives can be precariously balanced and sexual abuse is widespread. But even those living at home are not always safe.

. . . . .

The Every Day "Jaycee's"

Reader diary posted by RHRefugee, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.

September 9, 2009 - 12:58pm

RHRefugee's picture





Eighteen years ago, Jaycee Dugard was kidnapped and made into a slave, bearing two children after being raped by her captor. Americans are outraged, and rightly so. Her story is horrifying. While this Lake Tahoe headline hit particularly close to home, most of us are perhaps unaware that kidnappings and sexual slavery occur every day in war torn areas.


. . . . .

"Instant Marriage" in India Another Result of Gender Discrimination

By Deepali Gaur Singh, RH Reality Check, Asia

July 20, 2009 - 8:00am

Deepali Gaur Singh's picture
Movement or displacement of women after marriage in India is a phenomenon commonly linked to issues of exploitation and trafficking of women.

. . . . .

Giving Girls a Choice and a Chance

By Beth Fredrick, International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC)

May 20, 2009 - 7:00am

Beth Fredrick's picture
Legislation to prevent child marriage around the globe was just introduced in both the House and Senate that will give girls who are married too young a choice and a chance.

. . . . .

Child Marriage: We Have Solutions

By Kathy Selvaggio, International Center for Research on Women

May 20, 2008 - 7:00am

Kathy Selvaggio's picture
We know what works to increase age of marriage in communities where child marriage is common. So why are so few Republicans backing legislation to support those development programs?

. . . . .

Early Marriage: Here in the US, Too

By Anika Rahman, Americans for UNFPA

April 28, 2008 - 8:29am

Anika Rahman's picture

When authorities removed 413 children in danger of sexual abuse from the Yearning for Zion ranch this month, it became clear that here in the US, child marriage is a result of brainwashing and indoctrination.


. . . . .

Muslim Leaders Defend Marriage by Choice

By Deepali Gaur Singh, RH Reality Check, Asia

March 13, 2008 - 8:48am

Deepali Gaur Singh's picture

In India, women -- viewed as either the husband's or father's property -- cannot make decisions about their own marriages. But a new decision made by Muslim bodies and Islamic scholars says that under Sharia law, a woman cannot be married against her will.


. . . . .

Child Brides: In Jamaica, Too

By Danielle Toppin, RH Reality Check, Caribbean

March 4, 2008 - 7:48am

Danielle Toppin's picture

Although ideas regarding men's right to ownership over 'their' women in intimate relationships can be found across communities, the practice of cohabitation between under-aged females and older men is predominantly found in communities marked by poverty.


. . . . .

Giving Our Daughters the Future They Deserve

By Anika Rahman, Americans for UNFPA

February 15, 2008 - 8:53am

Anika Rahman's picture

We don't view teen pregnancies as a travesty when the teen is not American. And why not? Consider this fact: Pregnancy is the leading cause of death for girls aged 15-19 worldwide.


. . . . .

UNICEF Photo of Year Shows Child Marriage in Afghanistan

By Jeff Fecke, Blog of the Moderate Left -- moderateleft.com

December 27, 2007 - 9:21am

Jeff Fecke's picture

The image of an eleven-year-old girl with her forty-year-old fiancé has been named photo of the year by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).


. . . . .