In an interview with SheThePeople, Lalita Duhariya talks about being a Bal Sarpach, how she eliminated child marriage, and why advocating for children’s rights is equally important.
The government has formed a task force to look into the concern of increasing the minimum age of marriage for girls.
Indirect impacts of the lockdown also include delay in the modification of existing policies that allow forced genital mutilation and child marriages across many regions in the world. Because of this, two million more cases of forced genital mutilated are expected to occur in this duration.
Will Barrister Babu, set in pre-independence India, be the heartwarming tale of a young girl who wants to live on her own terms in a society which didn’t allow women to have an independent voice?
In a decade since the last National Family Health Survey took place, the whole story of child marriages have changed in India. And while some states, including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, showed exceptional growth, a total of 11 states still have a significant percentage of child marriages happening, which are above the current national average […]
As the Rajasthan state assembly election come closer and campaigning on in full swing, a BJP candidate from the Sojat assembly seat has made a disturbing claim. The candidate, Shobha Chouhan, promised the people of her constituency that she would ensure that police cannot intrude in child marriages if she comes to power. We have […]
In a move that will bring relief to thousands of child brides in India, the WCD Ministry is aiming to make child marriages completely void. It has decided to move the cabinet to make amendments in the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA), 2006, to make it more effective. According to a report in Indian […]
10-Years-Old — A very young age for life to happen to anyone. Sonita Alizadeh was all of ten years when her parents tried to sell her into marriage. Born in Afghanistan, she was not the only girl who was being pushed into getting married at such young age.  More than 57% of girls are married before […]
Every 7 seconds, a girl under 15 is married, said a study by Save the Children earlier this year. In India, the stats are grim when it comes to child marriage. In fact, our country appears in the list of countries with the highest number of child brides in the world. According to data, 47% […]
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