Courtney Stodden rose to fame as a tabloid fixture and reality TV star after marrying 51-year-old actor Doug Hutchison at age 16. The couple divorced in 2020, and she's since accused him of grooming ...

In Rajasthan, India, Munna is playing football to avoid getting married young. Adapted from Assignment from the BBC World ...

Tererai Trent was told her entire life that she was worthless. Beaten by her husband, denied an education, and trapped in ...

Jyoti Thorat (left), a sugarcane worker who was married as a child bride, prays with her husband, Ravindra, in their home at Kathoda village in Beed district of India ...

A new report by UNICEF warns that the number of child brides in Africa could more than double to 310 million in the next 35 years. Though the rates of child marriage are on the decline in most parts ...

In a village in Rajasthan where child marriage was once seen as tradition rather than unlawful, resistance was almost unthinkable. Yet one teenager chose to say no. Payal Jangid, who was once expected ...

"Everything changed. I wasn't me anymore." They're portrayed as modern-day Romeos and Juliets -- young, star-crossed lovers in dramas like "The Secret Life of the American Teenager" and reality shows ...

Courtney Stodden was just 16 years old when she became a tabloid fixture after marrying a much, much older man in 2011. In the 15 years since she first made headlines, Stodden has run the 21st-century ...