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Tag: Child Marriage

Posted inOpinion

Teen’s forced marriage offers glimpse of ordeal of minorities

by Imad Zafar October 30, 2020October 30, 2020

When it comes to the sentiments of minority religious communities in Pakistan, the majority does not care about them. Most of the population is devoid of thinking beyond a certain spectrum and only believes in the supremacy of the dominant religion. For Ahmadis, Christians and Hindus it is all about surviving and living as second- or third-rate […]

Posted inOpinion

Covid-19: the great un-equalizer

by Hassan Noor September 11, 2020September 11, 2020
Posted inMiddle East, Syria

Syria quietly restricts polygamy, early marriage

by Sami Moubayed February 13, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Pakistan, South Asia

Forced conversions, marriages of underage Hindu girls rampant in Pakistan

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid December 22, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, Cambodia, France, Malaysia, South Asia, World

Efforts to end child marriage ‘need to be scaled up’

by Asia Times staff December 9, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

BJP candidate promises to aid child marriage in Rajasthan

by Asia Times staff December 3, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, India, Malaysia, Middle East, South Asia, World

Mahathir has an Islam problem

by Nile Bowie September 26, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Teenage couple get court approval to marry in Indonesia

by Asia Times staff April 18, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia, World

Fighting child marriage with soccer in India’s villages

by Rohit Jain February 20, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Child marriage continues to traumatize 21st century India

by Rohit Jain January 3, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inBangladesh, South Asia, World

Bangladesh child marriage law sparks criticism

by Agence France-Presse March 1, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inBangladesh, South Asia, World

Bangladeshi proposal on child marriage is step backwards

by Reuters January 13, 2017February 18, 2020

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