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 ...

Iranian authorities have freed a woman who was condemned to hanging over the killing of her husband who she married while a child, in a case that sparked international concern over the plight of women ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MEMBERS OF the Iranian diaspora in Europe take part in a rally in Brussels last September, marking the first anniversary of the ...

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 ...

A child bride in Iran who was set to be executed after her husband died was saved after raising a hefty sum of money for the victim’s family, who agreed to spare her life. Goli Kouhkan, now 25, has ...

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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 ...

Amal Clooney praised the "resilience" of a Kenyan teenage girl whose business saved her from becoming a child bride after her father died. The human rights lawyer and husband George Clooney were at ...

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 ...