NPR: child brides https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=143582850 child brides en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 27 May 2025 20:50:52 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: child brides https://www.npr.org/tags/143582850/child-brides Child grooms are often overlooked in the fight to stop child marriage The U.N. issued its first report on the plight of child grooms. And the pandemic has only made things worse. Here's a report from Nepal, where 1 in 10 boys marry young. Sun, 02 Jan 2022 07:42:27 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/01/02/1066099271/child-grooms-are-often-overlooked-in-the-fight-to-stop-child-marriage https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/01/02/1066099271/child-grooms-are-often-overlooked-in-the-fight-to-stop-child-marriage

The U.N. issued its first report on the plight of child grooms. And the pandemic has only made things worse. Here's a report from Nepal, where 1 in 10 boys marry young.

]]> Photos and text by Stephanie Sinclair Bill Aims To Change North Carolina's Reputation As The Place For Adults To Marry Kids The proposed legislation would raise the minimum marriage age from 14 to 16 and limit the age difference between a 16-year-old and their spouse to four years. Mon, 16 Aug 2021 07:51:26 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/08/16/1028050375/north-carolina-child-bride-marriage-bill https://www.npr.org/2021/08/16/1028050375/north-carolina-child-bride-marriage-bill The proposed legislation would raise the minimum marriage age from 14 to 16 and limit the age difference between a 16-year-old and their spouse to four years.

]]> India's Supreme Court Rules That Sex With A Bride Under 18 Is Rape Sex with a wife under 15 is a crime. Girls age 15 to 18 did not have that same protection — until this week. But marital rape is still not a crime if the wife is considered an adult. Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:23:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/10/12/557347037/india-s-court-gives-brides-age-15-to-18-protection-from-marital-rape https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/10/12/557347037/india-s-court-gives-brides-age-15-to-18-protection-from-marital-rape

Sex with a wife under 15 is a crime. Girls age 15 to 18 did not have that same protection — until this week. But marital rape is still not a crime if the wife is considered an adult.

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]]> Chhavi Sachdev A Chance Encounter On A Vacation Changed Her Life — And The Lives Of Child Brides How Jacqueline de Chollet of Switzerland came to team up with a college student in India to save girls from a life of servitude. Fri, 09 Sep 2016 05:02:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/09/09/492842669/how-a-swiss-aristocrat-and-an-indian-techie-teamed-up-to-save-child-brides https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/09/09/492842669/how-a-swiss-aristocrat-and-an-indian-techie-teamed-up-to-save-child-brides

How Jacqueline de Chollet of Switzerland came to team up with a college student in India to save girls from a life of servitude.

]]> Nurith Aizenman A Child Bride At 13, She's Turned Herself Into A Prize-Winning Wrestler On the wrestling mat, this young woman from an unassuming Indian village fights back against patriarchy and prejudice. Sat, 23 Apr 2016 07:07:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/04/23/475167250/a-child-bride-at-13-shes-turned-herself-into-a-prize-winning-wrestler https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/04/23/475167250/a-child-bride-at-13-shes-turned-herself-into-a-prize-winning-wrestler

On the wrestling mat, this young woman from an unassuming Indian village fights back against patriarchy and prejudice.

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]]> Julie McCarthy New Report Says Child Brides In Africa Could More Than Double By 2050 UNICEF is warning that the number of underage girls marrying in Africa could increase 250 percent to 310 million over the next 35 years. Thu, 26 Nov 2015 15:22:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/11/26/457511842/new-report-says-child-brides-in-africa-could-more-than-double-by-2050 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/11/26/457511842/new-report-says-child-brides-in-africa-could-more-than-double-by-2050 UNICEF is warning that the number of underage girls marrying in Africa could increase 250 percent to 310 million over the next 35 years.

]]> Laura Wagner Child Brides, Syrian Refugees: These Groups May Be Able To Help: #15Girls You wanted to know what you could do to make life better for the teen girls in our series. We have a list of groups you might consider contacting. Fri, 13 Nov 2015 15:35:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/11/13/455674319/child-brides-syrian-refugees-these-groups-may-be-able-to-help-15girls https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/11/13/455674319/child-brides-syrian-refugees-these-groups-may-be-able-to-help-15girls

You wanted to know what you could do to make life better for the teen girls in our series. We have a list of groups you might consider contacting.

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]]> Malaka Gharib December 12: What's On Today's Show In the first hour of <em>Talk of the Nation</em>, the are cities the cure to the world's population boom, and the secret world of child brides. In the second hour, do we have enough water to feed a growing world population, and scenes from Japan's nuclear disaster. Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:14:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/talk/2011/12/12/143442209/december-12-whats-on-todays-show https://www.npr.org/sections/talk/2011/12/12/143442209/december-12-whats-on-todays-show In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, the are cities the cure to the world's population boom, and the secret world of child brides. In the second hour, do we have enough water to feed a growing world population, and scenes from Japan's nuclear disaster.

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