Over 300 activists in India petition for the abolition of polygamy, advocating for women's rights and legal equality.

A study by the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) reveals that 85% of Muslim women surveyed want polygamy abolished, with many reporting abandonme ...

The petition notes that BMMA’s research, based on interviews with 2,500 Muslim women across seven states, shows polygamy ...

As more Muslim women approach courts, the judiciary is expanding their rights. Contentious issues such as talaq-e-hasan, ...

GUWAHATI: Assam Assembly on Thursday passed the Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill, 2025, marking a significant stride towards criminalising polygamy in the state.This new legislation makes polygamous ...

While tabling the Bill, Himanta Sarma reiterated that women's rights "will not be compromised". The Assam Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed a bill to ban polygamy, making it a punishable offence ...

Over 300 prominent Indian activists and citizens have signed a petition seeking the legal abolition of polygamy in the country.

India has long had a legal prohibition on bigamy. What the new Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill attempts to criminalise is ...

Across reality shows, social media and best-selling books, women raised in the church have increased its profile across pop ...

The Assam Assembly on Thursday (November 27, 2025) passed the Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill, 2025, aimed at penalising those who enter into a second marriage without legally dissolving the first.

Fertility rates in much of Sub-Saharan Africa remain high, despite declining child mortality and improved access to ...

Multi-award-winning singer and media personality Kelly Khumalo had social media talking over the weekend when she shared her ...