Colombian representatives erupted in cheers after the country’s Senate approved a law prohibiting the marriage of minors on ...

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Colombian Congress has voted to eradicate the law that allowed child marriages with parental consent after 17 years of ...

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Lebanon said on Friday that t ...

Colombian lawmakers approved a bill on Thursday which would outlaw child marriage, according to international media reports. The bill passed after 17 years of campaigning from advocacy groups, and ...

The initial proposal to reform the law used the slogan “They’re girls, not wives” and aimed to prevent young girls from being ...