LEMBAR, Indonesia, Oct 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - F ifteen minutes into their first date, Indonesian teenager Helma Yani received a marriage proposal from a boy she had just met. He spirited ...

JAKARTA — Indonesia’s parliament has revised the country’s marriage law to lift the minimum age at which women can marry by three years to 19, a move welcomed by campaigners as a step toward curbing ...

SUMENEP REGENCY, Indonesia: Bold makeup in hues of red and black lined their eyes, hair adorned with buds of jasmine, a bejewelled golden plate rested upon their foreheads, while more gold ...

With proper sex education almost nonexistent, Indonesia's battle to reduce its high number of underage marriages resulting from unwanted teen pregnancies could be in vain, jeopardising a chance to ...

A viral video posted on TikTok shows a bride in Indonesia attending her wedding by herself, while the groom is forced to isolate after contracting COVID. The video, which was posted on the TikTok ...

Elders say the kidnapping is part of an elaborate courtship ritual requiring consent from both parents, but is now widely abused to justify early marriages LEMBAR, Indonesia, Oct 31 (Thomson Reuters ...

Indonesia’s Parliament has raised the minimum age at which women can marry to 19, in a ruling which is expected to curb child marriage in the country. There was unanimous agreement on the revision to ...

Indonesia’s parliament has raised the minimum age at which women can marry to 19, in a ruling which is expected to curb child marriage in the country. There was unanimous agreement on the revision to ...