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May 5, 2016

Human Rights
A Story of Migration and Child Marriage

The first time Senait went to school was when she was fifteen years old and it was entirely by accident. Last year, she left her small town in southern Ethiopia when her parents announced one day th…

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Blog Post by Jamille Bigio Women Around the World

July 10, 2017

Human Rights
Child Marriage, Family Planning, Population, and Development

Voices from the Field features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This piece is authored by Quentin Wodon, le…

Child brides in India
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Women Around the World Women and Foreign Policy Program

September 15, 2016

Human Rights
Child and Forced Marriage in the United States

This week marks the launch of the PBS NewsHour two-part series, Child and Forced Marriage in America – an issue I have been reporting on since 2012, and that CFR’s Women and Foreign Policy program ha…

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Blog Post by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Women Around the World

January 10, 2014

Human Rights
Understanding Child Marriage: CFR InfoGuide

This week, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) launched a new InfoGuide on child marriage that explores how the practice endangers prosperity and stability in the countries in which it is prevalen…

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Blog Post by Rachel B. Vogelstein Development Channel

April 24, 2014

Human Rights
New Report on Strategies to Stop Child Marriage

This post is from Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) fellow, and Lynn ElHarake, research associate for the CFR Women and Foreign Policy Program. It has been edited from an origi…

Child bride Krishna, 12, plays on an improvised swing outside her house in a village near Baran, India, July 2011 (Courtesy Reuters/Danish Siddiqui).
Blog Post by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Development Channel