A Path Towards Ending Child Marriage

A Path Towards Ending Child Marriage

As the sun rises over coastal Gopalpur, Odisha, in eastern India, dozens of children prepare for school. Unfortunately, for many girls in the state, the arrival of their first period can mean the end of their school years as they face societal pressures to become brides. Despite significant progress in recent decades, India still accounts …

In a 2019 Vietnamese census, the child marriage rate among the Hmong ethnic community stood at 51.5%. Vietnamese Catholic sisters, the Lovers of the Holy Cross, challenge this reality: they educate, protect, and empower young women to break the cycle of poverty and encourage them to wait until they reach the legal age to marry.