Last month, Tonga’s Ministry of Justice partnered with a local women and girls’ rights group, the Talitha Project, to launch a campaign to end child marriage in the Polynesian nation of 106,000 people ...
The Government of Tonga has changed the legal age of marriage to 18, effective immediately. Previously, a person 15-17 years old could marry with parental consent. In August 2025, the Women and ...