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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.
Child Marriage
A Good Lesson Is Thought-provoking But Propagating Child Marriage In Textbooks?
Who will be held responsible when a teenager reading this chapter will have a cascade of thoughts, concluding that child marriage is perfectly okay?
Philippines Bans Child Marriage, Will Raising Legal Age Of Marriage Solve India’s Problems?
Reportedly, according to the government, this law has been kept consistent as per the international conventions of the rights of women and children.
Ganjam Declared Odisha’s First Child Marriage Free District
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.
Decision To Raise Women’s Marriageable Age: Delay Comes With A Heavy Cost
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?
60 Girls Die Everyday Worldwide In Child Marriage Related Deaths: Study
It revealed that Child Marriage accounts for more than 60 deaths of girls every day, worldwide.
Rajasthan Govt To Recall The Controversial Marriage Registration Bill
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.
Child Rights Protection Body Asks Rajasthan Govt To Review Registration Of Marriage Bill
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
Registration Of Child Marriages: Why Does An Illegal Practice Even Need Documentation?
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?
She Stopped Her Child Marriage at 16. Now She Is Creating Awareness On Its Ill-Effects
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.
