LEMBAR, Indonesia, Oct 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - F ifteen minutes into their first date, Indonesian teenager Helma Yani received a marriage proposal from a boy she had just met. He spirited ...

JAKARTA — Indonesia’s parliament has revised the country’s marriage law to lift the minimum age at which women can marry by three years to 19, a move welcomed by campaigners as a step toward curbing ...

Sukesih was only 15 when she married in 1997. "I was a fourth grader. I had to stop school. It was because of the economic difficulties faced by my father, a pedicab driver with five children to feed, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A viral video posted on TikTok shows a bride in Indonesia attending her ...

Indonesia’s parliament has raised the minimum age at which women can marry to 19, in a ruling which is expected to curb child marriage in the country. There was unanimous agreement on the revision to ...

Elders say the kidnapping is part of an elaborate courtship ritual requiring consent from both parents, but is now widely abused to justify early marriages LEMBAR, Indonesia, Oct 31 (Thomson Reuters ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament has revised the country's marriage law to lift the minimum age at which women can marry ...

Indonesia has one of the world's highest numbers of child brides with one in four girls marrying before they turn 18 JAKARTA, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament has revised the country's ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament has revised the country's marriage law to lift the minimum age at which women can marry by three years to 19, a move welcomed by campaigners as a step ...