End the cycle of child marriages with empowerment, education and employment
2 years, 2 months ago

End the cycle of child marriages with empowerment, education and employment

Hindustan Times  

Eradicating child marriages and enabling girls to study longer and gainfully join the labour force is key to India’s future development, including its Covid-19 recovery, and overall economic transformation. India has made great strides in reducing child marriages and advancing women’s education and empowerment. The flagship programme of the Government of India, Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao, has also helped address harmful social norms around the value of the girl child and underlined the importance of girls’ education. UN agencies, too, have been supporting India’s efforts to end child marriages with gender transformative initiatives such as the UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage.

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Child marriage free India campaign: Minister Annapurna Devi launches portal
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Child marriage free India campaign: Minister Annapurna Devi launches portal

Hindustan Times  

Union women and child development minister Annapurna Devi on Wednesday launched the “Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat Campaign” or child marriage free India campaign portal “to help girls achieve their potential” by checking practices such as child marriages. The next stage is to pave the path for her to achieve all her dreams, and not let practices such as child marriage …

State government announces ₹50,000 reward to gram panchayats that prevent child marriages
1 month, 2 weeks ago

State government announces ₹50,000 reward to gram panchayats that prevent child marriages

The Hindu  

To combat child marriage at the grassroots level, the State government has announced a reward of ₹50,000 for gram panchayats that either fully eliminate or significantly reduce child marriage cases. These officers will collaborate with government departments and Non-Governmental Organizations to prevent child marriages. Bidar district reported zero child marriages, with all 29 complaints from April to September 2024 successfully …

Supreme Court's Judgment on Child Marriage: A Violation of Fundamental Constitutional Rights
2 months ago

Supreme Court's Judgment on Child Marriage: A Violation of Fundamental Constitutional Rights

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has issued guidelines to prevent child marriages, stating that child marriages violate the rights to self-determination, choice, autonomy, sexuality, health and education of children. The Court noted that child marriages impose mature burdens on children who are not physically or mentally prepared to comprehend the significance of marriage. When women are forced into marriages to protect their …

Teacher, activists prevent child marriage in Kolkata
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Teacher, activists prevent child marriage in Kolkata

The Hindu  

Sujaya Roychowdhury Pal, a teacher in charge of a State-run girls’ school in Kolkata, could not be any happier on Teachers’ Day when she found that one of her students was participating in the celebrations on Thursday. BITAN is one of the NGOs working across India as part of the Child Marriage Free India campaign. The campaign uses awareness, counselling …

Assam model helps slash child marriage by 81%: Report
5 months ago

Assam model helps slash child marriage by 81%: Report

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The Assam government’s emphasis on legal intervention in child marriage cases is now a proven model for the rest of the country to follow, a report released on World Day for International Justice on July 17 said. The report titled ‘Towards Justice: Ending Child Marriage’ by India Child Protection said Assam’s legal strategy helped slash child marriages in the …

Analysing India’s progress towards the elimination of child marriages
10 months ago

Analysing India’s progress towards the elimination of child marriages

Hindustan Times  

India has made remarkable strides in the decline of child marriages over the last few decades and has led global progress to eliminate the practice. There is also a discrepancy in reported numbers, where despite high prevalence of child marriages recorded under NFHS-V, National Crime Records Bureau’s annual ‘Crime in India’ report recorded an average of only around 360 incidents …

Assam intensifying efforts to eradicate child marriage: ASCPCR chairperson
10 months ago

Assam intensifying efforts to eradicate child marriage: ASCPCR chairperson

Hindustan Times  

"In societies plagued by illiteracy, poverty, and gender bias, the persistence of child marriage remains a significant challenge," said Saikia on Tuesday during a state-level consultation organised by ASCPCR to strategise the eradication of child marriage. The Assam government, recognised for its proactive stance against child marriage, is intensifying efforts to combat this social issue, according to Saikia. ASCPCR, in …

Why is child marriage still high in West Bengal? | Explained
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Why is child marriage still high in West Bengal? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: A recent study on child marriage in India published in the Lancet noted the overall decrease in child marriage across the country but pointed out that four States, mainly Bihar, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, and Maharashtra accounted for more than half of the total headcount burden of child marriages in girls. The publication states that while …

Unending saga of Chittoor’s child brides
1 year, 2 months ago

Unending saga of Chittoor’s child brides

The Hindu  

In the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the parents of a 13-year-old girl in a remote village of Bangarupalem mandal in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district frantically searched for medical help as the teen went into labour. Child marriage remains a harsh reality for over 100 forested villages in Bangarupalem, Palamaner, Gangavaram, Baireddipalle, V.Kota and Kuppam mandals in Chittoor …

Teachers, Anganwadi staff can play a key role in preventing child marriages, says child rights panel chief
1 year, 5 months ago

Teachers, Anganwadi staff can play a key role in preventing child marriages, says child rights panel chief

The Hindu  

State Commission for Protection of Child Rights Chairman Kesali Appa Rao has said the poor functioning and negligence of the Education Department staff was among the reasons for the continuing child marriages in the State. Speaking at a State-level consultation on ‘AP Prohibition of Child Marriage Rules - 2023’ under the Child Marriage Prohibition Act, 2006, jointly organised by SCPCR, …

South Asia has world’s highest number of child brides, says UN report
1 year, 8 months ago

South Asia has world’s highest number of child brides, says UN report

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Fresh data released by the UNICEF on Wednesday revealed that South Asia has the highest number of child brides globally as increased financial costs and closure of educational institutions due to the Covid-19 pandemic forced poor families with little or no income to marry off their young daughters. “The fact that South Asia has the highest child marriage …

CONTROVERSY | Assam government’s drive to end child marriage a ham-handed attempt
1 year, 10 months ago

CONTROVERSY | Assam government’s drive to end child marriage a ham-handed attempt

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 23, 2023 10:40 IST The Assam government’s recent drive to end child marriage entered its second week when this article went to press, with over 3,000 arrests made. Research shows that education and financial independence alone have raised the age of marriage, delayed first pregnancy, and reduced family size, thus reducing female mortality and morbidity.” Roop Sen, …

Why does child marriage continue to be an issue in India? | In Focus podcast
1 year, 10 months ago

Why does child marriage continue to be an issue in India? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

Earlier this month, Assam began a massive crackdown against child marriages in the State - so far, over 4,000 cases have been registered and over 3,000 people have been arrested. Assam has high rates of child marriage - while the all-India figure as per the latest National Family Health Survey was 23.3%, in Assam, the figure was 31.8 percent. The …

Child marriage rears its ugly head in Rajasthan
2 years 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 …

Explained | How is India planning to end child marriage?
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained | How is India planning to end child marriage?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The steering committee of a global programme to end child marriage is on a visit to India to witness state interventions which have helped reduce the prevalence of child marriage. Eight States have a higher prevalence of child marriage than the national average — West Bengal, Bihar and Tripura top the list with more than 40% …

Child Marriage Free India: Nobel winner Kailash Satyarthi starts 'biggest-ever grassroots drive' against child marriage
2 years, 2 months ago

Child Marriage Free India: Nobel winner Kailash Satyarthi starts 'biggest-ever grassroots drive' against child marriage

Firstpost  

The campaign that aims to raise people’s awareness against child marriage was launched at a public gathering at Navranpura village in Rajasthan’s Vrat Nagar. Another Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee who is from Liberia was among the attendees New Delhi: Nobel Peace Laureate and child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi on Sunday launched a nationwide campaign called ‘Child Marriage Free India’ …

What India must learn from Bangladesh’s attempts to reform child marriage law
2 years, 4 months ago

What India must learn from Bangladesh’s attempts to reform child marriage law

Hindustan Times  

The Bill has been brought forward on the assumption that raising the legal age will eradicate the practice of child marriage. The research project sought to determine how knowledge of the law changed behaviours and attitudes towards child marriage in rural areas of Bangladesh. The study found that providing individuals with information about a new law did impact individuals’ attitudes …

The way to end child marriage
2 years, 6 months ago

The way to end child marriage

The Hindu  

Since child marriage is rampant in India, will increasing the age of marriage of women solve this issue? Only 4% of child marriages in India take place among women who have completed more than 12 years of education. Thus, the data confirm that a significant proportion of child marriages takes place among women with less than 12 years of schooling …

Child Marriage Kills Over 60 Girls a Day Globally and Six Daily in South Asia: Report
3 years, 2 months ago

Child Marriage Kills Over 60 Girls a Day Globally and Six Daily in South Asia: Report

News 18  

Child marriage kills more than 60 girls a day globally and six girls a day in South Asia, according to a new analysis released on International Day of the Girl Child that claimed over an estimated 22,000 girls a year are dying from pregnancy and childbirth resulting from child marriage. The report by Save The Children said South Asia sees …

Child marriage kills over 60 girls a day globally; six girls daily in South Asia, says 'Save The Children' report
3 years, 2 months ago

Child marriage kills over 60 girls a day globally; six girls daily in South Asia, says 'Save The Children' report

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Child marriage kills more than 60 girls a day globally and six girls a day in South Asia, according to a new analysis released on the International Day of the Girl Child that claimed over an estimated 22,000 girls a year are dying from pregnancy and childbirth resulting from child marriage. Child marriage kills more than 60 girls …

NCRB Data Shows 50% Rise in Child Marriage Cases in 2020; Experts Say More Reporting May Be Factor
3 years, 3 months ago

NCRB Data Shows 50% Rise in Child Marriage Cases in 2020; Experts Say More Reporting May Be Factor

News 18  

About 50 per cent rise in the cases of child marriages has been recorded in 2020 over the previous year, according to the recent NCRB data, with experts saying it does not only mean there has been an increase in these instances but that there also has been a rise in reporting. According to the National Crime Records Bureau data …

About 50% rise in child marriage cases in 2020; experts say more reporting may be a factor
3 years, 3 months ago

About 50% rise in child marriage cases in 2020; experts say more reporting may be a factor

India Today  

About 50 per cent rise in the cases of child marriages has been recorded in 2020 over the previous year, according to the recent NCRB data, with experts saying it does not only mean there has been an increase in these instances but that there also has been a rise in reporting. According to the National Crime Records Bureau data …

17.26 Million Married Children and Adolescents in 10-19 Age Group Present in India: CRY
4 years, 2 months ago

17.26 Million Married Children and Adolescents in 10-19 Age Group Present in India: CRY

News 18  

New Delhi: There are 17.26 million married children and adolescents within the age group of 10-19 years in India, child rights NGO CRY said in a new study, highlighting the burden of under-age marriage plaguing the country. “With a huge burden of under-age marriage – 17.26 million married children and adolescents within the age group of 10-19 years or 7 …

17.26 million married children, adolescents in 10-19 age group present in India: Report
4 years, 2 months ago

17.26 million married children, adolescents in 10-19 age group present in India: Report

Live Mint  

New Delhi: There are 17.26 million married children and adolescents within the age group of 10-19 years in India, child rights NGO CRY said in a new study, highlighting the burden of under-age marriage plaguing the country. "With a huge burden of under-age marriage - 17.26 million married children and adolescents within the age group of 10-19 years or 7 …

How School Girls From This Uttar Pradesh Village Stopped Child Marriages During the Pandemic
4 years, 3 months ago

How School Girls From This Uttar Pradesh Village Stopped Child Marriages During the Pandemic

News 18  

It was a phone call that saved 13-year-old Preeti from becoming a child bride. The 13-year-old goes to Pardada Pardadi Educational Society’s Inter College, an all-girls school in Uttar Pradesh that teaches its 1,500 students on how to be a feminist. That is why we offer these benefits so it acts as a driving force for parents to continue sending …

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