child marriage Stories

UN report: Gains in ending FGM at risk unless Kenya scales up action

Maureen Kinyanjui | Aug 24, 2025

Since the enactment of the 2011 Prohibition of FGM Act, which outlawed the practice, thousands of girls have been spared the cut and instead embraced...

Grassroots football in Kwale helps girls tackle teenage pregnancies and child marriages

Farhiya Hussein | Aug 20, 2025

Football is becoming a tool of empowerment, giving girls in Kwale County not only the chance to play but also to lead, learn and dream beyond societal...

Kenya not legislatively fully ready to handle domestic violence, femicide – Report

Alfred Onyango | Dec 29, 2024

Women in Kenya continue to face significant risks to their safety and well-being, contributing to a growing crisis in the country, the World Bank repo...

Garissa leaders seek help for sole rescue centre for vulnerable girls

Issa Hussein | Apr 14, 2024

The UmmulKheir Girls' Home is the only rescue centre in Garissa for girls vulnerable to retrogressive practices such as FGM and child marriage.

EU Ambassador to Madagascar expelled for criticising castration law

Lucy Mumbi | Apr 07, 2024

The law, approved by the Malagasy parliament in early February, sanctions both chemical and surgical castration for individuals convicted of sexually...

Somalia's constitutional proposals expose children to early marriage, FGM - rights group

Barack Oduor | Mar 30, 2024

Ahead of a key decision on Saturday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Somalia's parliament to reject any amendments that would put children at risk....

Southern Madagascar, where girls are sold into marriage before they are born

UN News | Mar 17, 2024

Efforts are being made in the south of Madagascar to end a traditional but illegal practice in which girls are promised as a wife to older men, someti...