Girls as young as 10 are sometimes legally wed here in the U.S., even as we tell other countries to end this cruel practice.

FREETOWN, (June 21, 2024) – Sierra Leone has passed a historic bill to ban child marriage after girls across the country and Save the Children joined a campaign to criminalize the widespread practice.

“Girls from Kiziba refugee camp – our home – have their future lost or destroyed, this is something I can’t accept. With my little voice I will advocate for them; I have to fight for young girls’ ...

Thirteen-year-old Helena* was abducted by her uncle at gunpoint in impoverished South Sudan. He sold her to another man so he could pay for his own wife, following a practice known as the “bride price ...