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UN initiative tackles inequality of educational opportunity around the world

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Next, a pair of education stories, one about too few children around the world going to school, the other on a promising pilot high school in the U.S....

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Column: How I came to report on forced marriage — in the U.S.

The beginning of my journey reporting this story began with a casual conversation with a friend at a food court in New York in 2012. “I know you are writing about child marriage in Afghanistan and...

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New Jersey lawmakers pass bill banning child marriage

New Jersey is one of several states considering bills to eliminate child marriage or tighten loopholes that allow it. Photo illustration by Whitney Kidder. © UNFPA/Whitney Kidder The New Jersey...

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Lawmakers in 10 states push to raise marriage age

A group of advocates and lawmakers are working to raise the marriage age in 10 states. Photo via Getty Images Most Americans think of child marriage as a vestige of a bygone era. And yet in every...

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Activists in N.J. push to ban child marriage before Christie leaves office

Photo of protester by Kyle O’Leary In an effort to make New Jersey the first state to ban child marriage, about 30 protesters outside the statehouse on Thursday dressed as brides with chained hands and...

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