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In December 2021, the Indian Government presented a bill called the 'Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021' in Parliament. The purpose of this bill is to equalize the age of marriage for women with that of men by raising it to 21 years. [32]
The new law establishes 18 as the minimum age for all marriages in Michigan. The bill passed with strong bipartisan support, with the Senate voting in favor 31-6 and the House approving by a 99-8 ...
Naila Amin, 31, was a child bride in Pakistan at the age of 13; she now has a law named after her that bans the practice in New York state. Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently signed a bill into law ...
Child marriage will also be banned in Washington beginning Thursday. Under the new law, any marriage where either person is under 18 years old is void. The age requirement only goes into effect ...
Unchained At Last, a non-profit advocacy group dedicated to ending child marriage in the United States, found that only 14% of the child marriages conducted from 2000 to 2010 were between two children marrying each other. [20] In the other 86% of cases, child marriages are between a minor and an adult. [35]
The Section 2 of the Act contains definitions. Child: A child is a person who has not completed 21 years in case of male and 18 years in case of female. [7]Contracting party: Either of the parties whose marriage is or is about to be solemnized.
A bipartisan bill that would outlaw all child marriages in Missouri has run into resistance from Republicans in the Missouri House that could prevent it from becoming law.
A bipartisan bill to ban child marriage in Missouri won initial approval in the state Senate Wednesday afternoon. Under current law, 16 and 17-year-olds are allowed to get married with parental ...