Five women from the same family in Pakistan's Punjab province have refused to be "united" with their prospective husbands as ordered by tribal elders. The village council has told them to "honour" 1996 childhood marriages, when the youngest of them was just five ( Read more... )

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In India, you may NOT kiss the bride

Wed Sep 21,11:48 AM ET

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Israeli couple was fined 1,000 rupees after an Indian court found them guilty of obscenity for kissing during their marriage ceremony in a Hindu pilgrim town, newspapers reported Wednesday.

The couple had decided to have a traditional Hindu marriage while ( Read more... )

By Nick Read Producer/Director, World Weddings: The Second Wife ( Read more... )

By Suzie Brand Producer/director and editor, World Weddings: Unorthodox Vows ( Read more... )

A ban designed to protect the integrity of the family has been ruled illogical by the European CourtA LITTLE-KNOWN law that prevents people marrying their sons- or daughters-in-law is likely to be scrapped after a European Court ruling yesterday that it breaches human rights ( Read more... )

Parents who coerce their children into forced marriages could face prosecution under proposals unveiled by ministers.

Currently families who compel their children to marry can be charged only with offences like assault or kidnap.But now ministers are holding a three-month consultation to decide whether to create a specific criminal offence of ( Read more... )

EZULWINI VALLEY, Swaziland (Reuters) -- The king of Swaziland's daughter was whipped by a palace official at a party of teenage virgins ahead of a festival where more than 50,000 maidens are available to become her father's 13th wife, media said on Sunday.Princess Sikhanyiso, 17, told the Times of Swaziland a palace official whipped girls, ( Read more... )