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I Was 17 When I Married A Man 15 Years Older Than Me. Here's Why I Regret It
"I thought that I was mature enough to be making a life-time decision at 17, and nobody could stop me because legally it wasn't wrong."
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Netizens Are Angry That An Alleged Molester Is In The Women & Children Special Committee
The Arau MP had also opposed the formation of the select committee.
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The Philippines Passes Bill Criminalising Child Marriage For Anyone Under 18
The bill also punishes any person who causes, fixes, facilitates, or arranges a child marriage.
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Rape, Incest & Molestation Among 1,721 Sexual Crimes Committed Against Children This Year
There were 1,856 underage marriages in 2018, the Ministry of Women, Family, and Community Development revealed in the Parliament today, 19 August.
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Hannah Yeoh Is Being Investigated For Asking PAS MP About Plans To Fight Child Marriage
The former deputy women, family, and community development minister had asked about the fate of the 'National Strategy Plan in Handling the Causes of Child Marriage' under her successor Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff.
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National Plan To End Child Marriage: What Is It And How Is The Govt Going To Implement It?
The government has prepared strategies that they plan to implement in the next 5 years.
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Malaysians Are Writing To Their State Govts To Urge Them To Ban Child Marriage
They want their states to get with the times.
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Wan Azizah: Terengganu, Kelantan, And 5 Other States Refuse To Ban Child Marriage
Meanwhile, seven states have agreed to standardise the minimum age for marriage to 18.
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14-Year-Old And 16-Year-Old Ran Away From Home Until Their Parents Allowed Them To Marry
The underage couple married after obtaining dispensation by the region's religious court.
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Dr Siti Hasmah Shares Her Views On Child Rapists, Saying They Should Be Shot Dead
The Prime Minister's wife also spoke out strongly against child marriages.
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Thailand's Islamic Council Has Now Banned Child Marriages
The ban follows public anger sparked by the marriage earlier this year of an 11-year-old girl to a Kelantanese man four times her age.
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