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Child Marriage

How Did Concerns for Protecting Boys Shape India’s First Child Marriage Laws?

How did the need to protect male children impact India's child marriage laws? Dr. Ishita Pande, historian, explains.

Why Was the 1891 Age of Consent Act So Controversial in India?

What does the debate around raising the age of consent for girls in 1891 tell us about attitudes to marital rape? Dr. Tanika Sarkar explains.

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Protect The Stateless

Lockdowns, Quarantines Put Refugee Women at Risk for Gender‑Based Violence: UN Refugee Agency

With reduced access to movement and shelters during the lockdown, undocumented refugee women have no opportunity to distance themselves from potential abusers.

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Who Run The World

Child Marriage Survivor Pushes Islamic Clerics into Signing Historic Fatwa

The fatwa rules that all Sunni marriages should be based on mutual consent, “especially the young woman’s.”