Teenage Girls

Worrying trend: 144% rise in abortions among Mumbai girls in under-15 age group

In 2015, abortions among teenage girls had seen an alarming rise at 67 percent. Civic data accessed through RTI act by Chetan Kothari further showed that out of nearly 31,000 women who opted for medical termination of pregnancy, 1,600 were below the age of 19.

Islamic State slave markets sell girls at any price, alleges UN envoy

Teenage girls abducted by Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria are being sold in slave markets "for as little as a pack of cigarettes," the UN envoy.

Badaun gangrape: Girls' family demand CBI probe

The father of the one of the cousin sisters, who were allegedly gangraped and killed in Katra Sadatganj village on 27 May, today called for transferring the case to the agency alleging that the role of police was "suspicious".

Teenage girls in UK heaviest drinkers?

The UK department of health report, based on the European School Survey project of 2007, showed that 55 percent of girls in Britain consumed five or more drinks at least once a month.