The arranged marriage typically involves the exchange of a highly prized and culturally important Zebu cow for teenage girls as young as 13 years old. Now two UN agencies UNICEF and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) are working together with the local authorities to educate women and also men, through sessions focusing on positive masculinity,…
Violence last week forced thousands to flee, and fighting occurred on Tuesday in the outskirts of Sake, which is located some 20 kilometres northwest of the provincial capital, Goma. “Our peacekeeping mission is continuing to support the Congolese armed forces and is doing its utmost to protect civilians, including by maintaining a presence along the Goma-Sake axis,” said…
Female passenger agrees to marry pilot; Photo: File A pilot in Lebanon proposed to a female passenger during a flight, saying, “I love you, will you marry me?” This unique incident happened in Lebanon, the video of which went viral on social media. A Lebanese airline pilot addressed a female passenger by her seat number…
Photo courtesy of Arab Media Imam Kaaba Sheikh Dr. Faisal Ghazawi has said that Allah has made marriage between a man and a woman a universal law. According to the Arab media, during Friday’s sermon in Masjid al-Haram, Imam Kaaba said that Allah has created his servants on the basis of correct instincts, homosexuality is…
Former Bharatiya Samajwadi Party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, Congress leader Advice to Rahul Gandhi to get married Told the reason for giving. Talking to the media, Lalu Prasad Yadav said that whoever becomes the Prime Minister should not be without a wife, this is very wrong and should be done away with. The Indian politician…
Senior Congress leader Lalu Yadav suggests marriage to Rahul Gandhi, sparks laughter during press conference. After the press conference in Patna, Lalu Yadav, in an informal conversation, told Rahul Gandhi that ‘get married, we will go as Barati’. In response, Rahul Gandhi said that now you have said it, it will be done. Lalu Yadav…
File photo In Japan, the legal age of marriage was raised from 13 to 16. According to foreign media, the age limit, which had been in place for more than a century and was the lowest in the world, was raised by Japan’s parliament on Friday. According to foreign media, this is the first time…
Hyderabad: In India, a girl committed suicide due to her fiance’s marriage with another girl. The incident took place in Uttar Pradesh’s Indira Gandhinagar district, where the girl took her own life out of frustration over marrying her fiance’s other girl. According to Indian media, the deceased girl has been identified as Padmavati, local people…
A leader of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called off his daughter’s arranged marriage to a Muslim boy under pressure. Yashpal Beynam from Uttarakhand state had fixed his daughter’s marriage to a Muslim boy on May 28, which was heavily criticized by Hindu extremists. The wedding preparations were going on even the invitations had…
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashpal Benam on Saturday annulled his daughter’s marriage to a Muslim boy in Pauri Garhwal in the Indian state of Uttarakhand with the mutual consent of the groom’s family. It is said that this was done when the wedding invitation card went viral on social media and resulted in a…
