Murshidabad in West Bengal shows the highest prevalence (39.9%) of marriage among 15-19-years-old followed by Gandhinagar (39.3 %) in Gujarat and Bhilwara (36.4%) in Rajasthan. read more

The report shows that a total of 2,322 child abuse cases were reported by newspapers in all four provinces of Pakistan, as well as Islamabad, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. In comparison, 1,764 such incidents were reported from January to June 2017. read more

Mozambican women and expecting mothers wait to receive medical care at the Murrupelane Maternity ward in Nacala, Nampula Province. Child marriage and teen pregnancy rates in Mozambique are among the highest in the world, a driving factor in the population explosion in this southern African nation. Emerging from a brutal war in 1992, the former Portuguese colony saw its population swell 40% in the two decades to 2017, reaching 29 million today.

(Gianluigi Guercia / AFP)read more

The ceremony took place in June over the border in Thailand’s Narathiwat province, where the girl returned to Wednesday after “immense pressure from Malaysian media”, the provincial governor said. read more

The MTP Amendment Bill of 2014 is a progressive law, it does not insist that the woman be married and it raises the abortion limit to 24 weeks read more

Known for his controversial remarks, Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Surendra Singh said that every Hindu couple must have at least five children for Hindutva to remain intact. “It is the desire of every spiritual leader (mahant) for every couple to have a minimum of five children. This way the population will be under control, and Hindutva would remain intact,” said Singh. The BJP MLA recently demanded Taj Mahal to be renamed ‘Ram Mahal.’ Earlier he said, ‘incidents of rapes cannot be stopped even if Lord Ram comes on earth. Such incidents can only be controlled by inculcating good values in the society.” (HT Correspondent)read more

Hair has been a marker of sexual attractiveness in India across gender and religions. This edited excerpt looks at the history of hairy desire in the country read more

Frankly, I find this business of ranking ‘worst’ countries to be tedious. To be bad is bad enough; better or worse is an academic argument read more

NCERT released a manual which stated that school management committees together may plan activities for transmitting messages on gender-based discrimination and gender-based violence. read more

She suffered in silence for 12 years, but finally, Pintu Devi gathered the courage and knocked the doors of Family court-1 of Jodhpur. read more

The Sindh Hindu Marriage Amendment Bill, 2018 allows women in strained marriages to file for separation. The bill also states that, in case of separation, the man will have to provide for the children. read more

Geeta Devi, a meek housewife, opposed her husband and family’s decision as she wanted her daughter to complete her education read more

The observations came while the top court was hearing a plea filed by Nandakumar against a Kerala High Court order annulling his marriage with Thushara on the ground that he had not attained the legal age of marriage. read more

Madhya Pradesh BJP lawmaker Gopal Parmar says family elders should fix the marriage before girls turn 18 so that no one is able to trap them. read more

My problem with it is that it reinforces the hush-hush element to our conversation about sexual violence. It subliminally signals that silence or discreet whispers is the way to talk about rape read more