Sen. Eric Schmitt co-sponsored legislation to keep nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements from harming survivors. | ...

An Epstein survivor urges lawmakers to ensure that people who sexually exploit a 15-, 16- or 17-year-old face the same ...

A new Afghan law requires girls to wait until puberty before seeking to get out of a marriage. It also requires mediation for ...

The United Nations has criticized a new Afghan law on separation in marriage, saying it entrenches discrimination against women and girls.

Davis Allen Anderson, 46, Iona, is charged in Nobles County with second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor, a felony ...

The popular online messaging service has previously come under fire over concerns surrounding cyberbullying and use by ...

Hawaiʻi is set to become one of the first states to require judges to consider a child's trauma before charging them as ...

An Australian court has fined Elon Musk's X over a failure to comply with online child safety regulations. An Australian ...

By Humphrey Malalo and Vincent Mumo Nzilani NAIROBI, May 20 (Reuters) - A Kenyan court ruled on Wednesday that sections of a law targeting sexual offences in the East African nation cannot apply to ...

Oklahoma has become the 17th state to fully outlaw child marriage, but in 33 states it remains legal.

Some state lawmakers want to keep a loophole in Ohio that allows 17-year-olds to marry.