24-year-old student from Holland rescues 6 girls from child marriage in Rajasthan
5 years, 2 months ago

24-year-old student from Holland rescues 6 girls from child marriage in Rajasthan

India Today  

On October 18, 2019, i.e. today, six minor girls were set to be forced into child marriage by their parents in Pushkar, Rajasthan. Jaira, who frequents Pushkar, says she wants these girls from Rajasthan's Nat community to attend school and stand on their feet, while their parents had planned to marry them off. Speaking to AajTak.in, Jaira said her friends in Pushkar told her that six minor girls were likely to be forced into marriage by their parents today. Giriraj Gujariya, principal of Jawahar Public School, said Jaira bears the expenses for the tuition fees, food and uniforms of these 40 students.

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Child marriage rears its ugly head in Rajasthan
2 years, 1 month ago

Child marriage rears its ugly head in Rajasthan

The Hindu  

On a sunny November afternoon in Banjaras, a tribal hamlet in Rajasthan’s Alwar district, 17-year-old Pooja Banjara sports a smile when asked what she aspires to be in life. “I was just around nine years old when my family fixed my marriage for the first time,” says Pooja, who then had just enrolled herself in a local school run by …

Father marries off 13-year-old daughter for money, police on the lookout
2 years, 3 months ago

Father marries off 13-year-old daughter for money, police on the lookout

India Today  

A man in Tamil Nadu’s Perambalur arranged the marriage of his 13-year-old daughter with a 32-year-old man for money, the police reported on Sunday. The groom, Varatharaj, was arrested by the all women police while the girl’s father is absconding. An initial investigation into the case revealed that the child was under the care of a destitute women's home when …

Class 9 girl in Rajasthan stops her wedding with SOS message to child helpline
3 years, 1 month ago

Class 9 girl in Rajasthan stops her wedding with SOS message to child helpline

Hindustan Times  

JAIPUR: A class 9 student of a government school in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh district approached a child helpline on Monday to stop her wedding scheduled a few days later, saying she wanted to continue going to school. Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights Sangeeta Beniwal said most complaints of child marriages received by them in the state pertain to …

12-year-old Rajasthan girl delivers baby, alleges rape by schoolmates
3 years, 4 months ago

12-year-old Rajasthan girl delivers baby, alleges rape by schoolmates

Hindustan Times  

A 12-year-old girl delivered a baby on Sunday night in a hospital in Jodhpur, police said, adding that the girl has alleged rape by three boys of her school. Deputy Superintendent of Police, Rajuram Choudhary, said in her statement, the girl, who is studying in Class-IX told that she was raped by three of her seniors nine months back when …

14-Year-Old Married Off To 40-Year-Old In Bihar Village
3 years, 6 months ago

14-Year-Old Married Off To 40-Year-Old In Bihar Village

News 18  

The government has made strict laws against child marriage across the country and has been running an awareness campaign regarding this. Despite these efforts, a 14-year-old girl from Bihar’s Purnea district was allegedly married off to a 40-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district on June 27. On the date fixed, the man arrived at Dimia Chhatarjan village in Purnea …

Child marriage widespread in Bihar, Rajasthan and Bengal: Unicef report
5 years, 11 months ago

Child marriage widespread in Bihar, Rajasthan and Bengal: Unicef report

India Today  

Although child marriages in India have declined, a few states like Bihar, West Bengal and Rajasthan continue to carry on with the harmful practice and there is nearly 40 per cent prevalence in these states, the Unicef said. A new report 'Factsheet Child Marriages 2019' released by the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund late on Monday stated that while …

UNICEF child reporters save Class 9 schoolmate from child marriage in Jamshedpur
6 years ago

UNICEF child reporters save Class 9 schoolmate from child marriage in Jamshedpur

Hindustan Times  

A group of class-9 girls from state- Interestingly, the group of UNICEF’s child reporters also included Laxmi Karmakar from nearby Rahedih village who was saved from the menace of child marriage by same group when they were in class-8. Rabni’s father Indu Tudu said in their community girls are married off at tender age and hence he had fixed his …

Global Development: An Indian activist fights in court to help child brides and grooms win their lives back
6 years, 6 months ago

Global Development: An Indian activist fights in court to help child brides and grooms win their lives back

LA Times  

The abuse began days after she moved in with her husband. One of India’s most successful campaigners against child marriage, Bharti runs a one-woman hotline for underage brides and grooms in northwestern India, her name and number printed in newspaper articles touting her unique approach: Instead of merely preaching against the illegal marriages, she fights them in court. Kriti Bharti …

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