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March 27, 2019 News Release

US: Massachusetts Should End Child Marriage

Bill Would Prohibit Anyone Under 18 From Marrying

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March 21, 2019 News Release

Myanmar: Women, Girls Trafficked as ‘Brides’ to China

Government Inaction, Conflict, China’s ‘Gender Gap’ Fuel Sexual Slavery

A young woman who was trafficked at age 17 by a friend’s mother who promised her a well-paid child care job and then sold her to a family in China as a “bride.” Once purchased, she was confined and subjected to sexual slavery, but managed to escape after
March 20, 2019 Letter

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the State of Palestine

83rd pre-sessional working group, 2019

March 12, 2019 Dispatches

No, Tucker Carlson, Child Marriage is not a ‘Different Lifestyle’

US Media Personality Belittles Child Marriage Victims on Newly Uncovered Audio

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December 19, 2018 Dispatches

A Child Bride’s Attempted Suicide in Lebanon

Parliament Should Pass Law Ending Child Marriage

The parliament building in downtown Beirut, Lebanon October 27, 2016.
November 9, 2018 Dispatches

Time to End Child Marriage in Pakistan

Proposed Bill an Important Opportunity to Protect Children

A girl crosses a stream as she walks to school in Margalla Hills, Islamabad, October 24, 2014.
October 12, 2018 Dispatches

Iran’s Death Penalty Laws Failing Children

Five Executed in 2018 for Crimes Committed Before Age 18

Iran's national flags are seen on a square in Tehran February 10, 2012.
October 4, 2018 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the CEDAW Committee on Nepal’s Periodic Report for the 71st Session

October 2018

September 6, 2018 Dispatches

Ending Child Marriage in the United Kingdom

Hypocrisy Undermines UK pledge to Fight Child Marriage Overseas

The Union Flag flies near the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, June 7, 2017.
July 9, 2018 Statement

WCLAC and Human Rights Watch oral statement to the CEDAW Committee on the State of Palestine’s Report, 70th session

July 9, 2018

July 6, 2018 Dispatches

No, LGBT People Aren't Harming Malaysia, But Child Marriage Is

Ban Marriage for Anyone under 18

Jina, a 22-year-old transgender woman, sports a tattoo of a butterfly—a transgender symbol signifying transformation.
June 5, 2018 Statement

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning Mauritania

May 10, 2018 Dispatches

Delaware Ends Child Marriage; 49 To Go and Counting

Better Protection in Afghanistan Than Some US States

Sonia Ossorio of NOW-NYC addresses the crowd at a protest against US laws allowing child marriage.
April 23, 2018 Dispatches

Indonesian President Jokowi to Ban Child Marriage

Pending Presidential Decree Will Raise Minimum Marriage Age

A girl is seen through a fence before prayers for the Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha on a street in Jakarta, Indonesia September 12, 2016.
April 16, 2018 Dispatches

European Parliament Committee Urges End to Child Marriage

EU Should Act Against the Unlawful Practice Globally – And at Home

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