Smriti Irani Consoles 18-Year-Old Girl Who Was Forcibly Married Off As A Child
Her grandfather had forcibly married her off to an older man, who was already married and had eight to nine kids.
Her grandfather had forcibly married her off to an older man, who was already married and had eight to nine kids.
Who will be held responsible when a teenager reading this chapter will have a cascade of thoughts, concluding that child marriage is perfectly okay?
Reportedly, according to the government, this law has been kept consistent as per the international conventions of the rights of women and children.
They asked institutes to inform the authorities if any girl student was absent from school for more than 5 days. They kept a check on adolescent girls of age group 12-18 to see if any of them dropped out of school.
Does our political system- governments of past and present and elected leaders have any explanation for the lives of the women that have been risked with this delay?
It revealed that Child Marriage accounts for more than 60 deaths of girls every day, worldwide.
The amendment to the Rajasthan Compulsory Marriage Act 2009 had led to protests from oppositions and activists who said that the bill encouraged Child Marriage in the state.
The NCPCR is the body responsible for upholding child rights in the country. It sought the state to review the bill in accordance to child rights protection provisions
Why would any parent or guardian come forward to register a child marriage if they know that it could get them in legal trouble? Doesn’t it defeat the whole purpose of this bill then?
Radha Pandey is a 16-year-old girl from Jharkhand’s Koderma who has set an example of courage by going against her parents’ wishes to cancel her own wedding.