Reform of family law is considered among the most difficult to achieve since it contests ‘the notion of women and children as property’. ...

Legislating a minimum age of marriage at 18 has stirred counter-mobilization in some, but not all, countries where religious or traditional ...

This report investigates child marriage in Algadaref State, located in Sudan’s eastern region. Child marriage is a human rights violation ...

Over the past few years the issue of child marriage has received growing political and programmatic attention. In spite of some progress in ...

Child marriage is legal, and accepted, throughout Sudan and the country has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. This brief ...

Kabul – September 2016.  The Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI)-Norway and Peace Training and Research Organisation (PTRO) have been ...

Child marriage is any formal marriage or informal union where one or both parties are under 18 years of age. Child marriage affects both boys ...

Child marriage is any formal marriage or informal union where one or both parties are under 18 years of age. Child marriage affects both boys ...

There are several causes that contribute to child marriage in eastern Sudan, including poverty, lack of education for girls, avoiding stigma ...

Legislating a minimum age of marriage at 18 has stirred counter-mobilization in some, but not all, countries where religious or traditional ...

Women''s rights and obligations within marriage are one of the key components of family law and is a highly sensitive political area of intervention across the globe both historically and presently. Despite massive pressures from feminist movements across the world, family law has been surprisingly stubborn to change. This workshop examines the relationship between family law reform and political transitions.

Each year, 15 million girls are married before the age of 18. Sudan is among the African countries with a high prevalence of child marriage. ...

Why campaigns to stop child marriage can backfire Ragnhild L. Muriaas, Vibeke Wang, Lindsay J. Benst

A new understanding that educating girls' does not constrain their marriage potential is emerging in eastern Sudan. Girls who continue their ...

Women’s rights and obligations within marriage are one of the key components of family law and is a highly sensitive political area of ...

This study investigates marriage presentations of Bengali Muslims, Rajbansis and aboriginal Oraons on the basis of a comprehensive review of ...

"Tradition" has neither been static or blissful, nor are colonial powers to be blamed entirely for its "decline". The historical analyses of ...

Background: Child marriage is associated with adverse reproductive health outcomes, and the practice is still alarmingly common. Together with ...

The project Women’s Human Rights and Law Reform in the Muslim World seeks to map family and criminal law reforms in the period 1995-2015 ...

The family law in Sudan, legalises child marriage, stipulates a wife’s obedience to her husband, and gives the male guardian veto power ...