In Padampura village in Rajasthan, 14-year-old Nisha Vaishnav and her 18-year-old sister Munna were at football practice when ...

Two sisters in an Indian village talk about how football has changed their lives and helped them push back against child marriage.

BEED - When wedding season comes in India, the phone of child rights activist Tatwashil Kamble never stops ringing with appeals to stop girls from being married off due to poverty. Kamble said he has ...

When 15-year-old Geeta Jadhav disappeared from her home during last year’s monsoon, her teacher, Suvarna Gaikwad, already knew what had happened. Geeta had been married off to Prashant Koli, a boy ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of As Equals, CNN’s ongoing series on gender inequality. For information about how the series is funded and more, check out our FAQs. Since 17-year-old Rehana was a ...