Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science and a time to take stock of progress, and setbacks towards open and gender-inclusive science.

Today, we celebrate the 10 th Anniversary of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, and recognize the ...

The future of the human race hangs in the balance. With science and technology far outpacing the capacity of most humans to ...

The persistence of child marriage in Iraq is inseparable from the country’s historical and religious framework. Image: AP Child marriage is a phenomenon that continues to plague many parts of the ...

Guddan (2024), the Allahabad High Court annulled the marriage of a couple, who got married when the man was 12 and the woman was nine, under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA), 2006.

Limited time offer. With the Taliban closing in on Kabul, the national women’s football team had already fled Afghanistan, so Ugra implored Jones to touch base with cricketer Benafsha Hashimi to ...

emphasizing that a child born during a valid marriage is presumed to be the legitimate offspring of parents who had access to each other at the time of conception. The Court dismissed the argument ...

TRADITIONAL leaders in Mutasa have said the fight against child marriages in the district is being frustrated by leaders of traditional churches especially apostolic sects as well as parents of ...

The head of the World Food Programme in Afghanistan says the agency can only feed half the millions of Afghans in need after cuts in international aid and an impending freeze in US foreign funding.

The Supreme Court is set to weigh in on whether a ‘child marriage’ can be annulled by the man until the age of 23 under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act. This follows a woman challenging ...

Second marriage is completely prohibited while the husband or wife is alive. Clear laws have also been made in the Uniform Civil Code regarding property division and child rights. Under these laws ...