Hanifeh Avandi, a 24-year-old Turkish woman from Tabriz, was reportedly executed in Iran on Sunday, April 19, amid claims she ...

She was sentenced to death under qisas, the Islamic legal principle of 'retaliation in kind'.

Yemen locals claim a girl has died of internal bleeding after marrying a man five times her age, but official denies allegations ...

Jyoti Thorat (left), a sugarcane worker who was married as a child bride, prays with her husband, Ravindra, in their home at Kathoda village in Beed district of India ...

COPENHAGEN - Former Danish immigration minister Inger Stojberg, known for her hardline stance in that role, was handed a ...

The woman had married her husband when she was just 12 — Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV Iranian authorities have freed a woman who was condemned to hanging over the killing of her husband who she married while a ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Just 15 years old, Sahar Gul has become the bruised and bloodied face of women’s rights in Afghanistan. The teenage bride’s eyes were swollen nearly shut as she was wheeled into ...

QUETTA, 28 September, 2017: It is a fine evening. A group of Afghan women are enjoying traditional Afghan tea with Roghni (Afghan snacks) and white Afghan sweets. Everybody is happy as they gather to ...

In this article, the author examines how Iraq’s Personal Status Code has weakened legal safeguards for women and girls, particularly by facilitating child marriage and creating a parallel religious ...

The Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights is recommending that the state government mandate the ...