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The fact that child marriage remains 'still LEGAL' in Malaysia may have unintended 'normalisation' effect on the rape cases.

Over 1,000 cases of child marriage continue to be recorded in Malaysia each year. UNICEF’s Zoe Gan and Azira Aziz from Pelajar Bukan Pengantin delve into the data gaps, factors at play and where progress can be made.

Umoja provides a refuge for women of the Samburu community and beyond fleeing female genital mutilation, domestic abuse or child marriage.

Removing the 'illegitimate' title given to children born out of wedlock is critical for their mental and emotional health.

Both the state legislative assemblies and the parents are the frontline stakeholders in the cause of preventing future child marriages.

Fore says COVID-19 has made an already difficult situation for millions of girls even worse.

Rina said in Malaysia, an average of 1,500 children, regardless of racial and religious background, were involved in child marriages.

A new government brings with it the political will to stop child marriages but the move may yet prove to be too late in the case of an 11-year-old Thai girl and her 41-year-old.

The problem of child marriages in the country can only be overcome through a concerted effort to solve socio-economic problems.

About 500 delegates from over 70 countries are attending a three-day meeting in Kuala Lumpur, beginning today, to discuss the issue.

An elderly Afghan cleric has been arrested after he married a six-year-old girl, officials said Friday, in the latest case highlighting the scourge of child marriages in the country.

Poor parents are usually unaware of the ordeals their children go through when they are married off young.

This new requirement has been included in the recently-passed amended Child Act 2001 to prevent marriage involving underaged girls.

There were 827 applications for marriage below 16 years from the Muslim community last year, said Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim.

Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor said child marriages were rare in Malaysia, thanks to the existence of a good education system and low poverty rate.

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