High Court in Pakistan Continues to Rule in Favor of Underage MarriagesMay 27, 2021 — 5/27/2021 Pakistan – (International Christian Concern) Nena, a fourteen-year-old girl from Hyderabad City in Pakistan’s Sindh province, returned to her childhood home on May 1 after two years in captivity....
80 Girls Rescued From Forced Marriages in TanzaniaJanuary 15, 2018 — ICC Note Tanzania has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. UNICEF estimates that nearly one-third of all girls in Tanzania are married before they turn...
Church Leadership in Ghana is Calling for an end to Child MarriageOctober 17, 2017 — ICC Note Church leaders in Ghana are coming together to help end child marriage. Almost 40% of girls in sub-Saharan Africa get married before the age of 18. More than...
Child Marriages on the Rise in South SudanAugust 29, 2017 — ICC Note Child Marriages are on the rise in South Sudan, partially because of the civil war that is taking place. The war and the famine in East Africa are...
Child marriage becoming a ‘cloud of crisis’ – N. Nigerian Christian leaders warn PresidentNovember 15, 2016 — ICC Note: Child marriage is one of the many complex and daunting facets of persecution. Young Christian girls are abducted and raped, then forced to convert and marry their Muslim...
