#child-marriage

#child-marriage

Wyoming Republicans continue to propose anti-trans legislation under the guise of protecting youth.But despite the GOP's supposed concern for the safety of children, the state's GOP is waging a campaign against a bill that would prohibit child marriage.Wyoming's H.B. 7 seeks to ban marriages involving anyone under the age of 16 and would allow 16 and 17-year-olds to marry with parental consent.

It's become something of a cliche to attribute some of the greatness of a man to the woman standing at his side.With Graca Machel that would apply twice, first as the widow of Mozambique's revolutionary first President, Samora Machel, then as the third wife of South African leader Nelson Mandela.But the impact of Machel's work as a lifelong advocate for women and children's rights spreads far beyond the men who have stood by her side.

New legislation banning child marriage has come into force in England and Wales in a move that campaigners hailed as a victory.The legal age of marriage has been raised to 18, meaning 16 and 17-year-olds can no longer get married or have a civil partnership even if their parents give consent.The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022, which was given royal assent in April last year, means it is now against the law to push children into marriage.

Every winter, scores upon scores of schmaltzy seasonal movies get spewed upon the public in an opportunistic deluge that rarely results in anything memorable.This year, there were at least 170 (!) and all of them - every single one - were aimed at the broadest (blandest?)possible audience.Meaning: They were boring.