- Search results for child marriage
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 | Indonesia revises marriage law, 19 is now the minimum age for girls to get marriedThe previous minimum marriage age was 16 for girls and 19 for boys, and if parents wanted to authorise younger girls for marriage, there was no minimum age | |
 | Odisha constitutes new task force to check child marriages in the stateChild marriage is the main reason for high rates of infant mortality, maternal mortality and malnutrition, Koraput Collector Madhusudan Mishra said. | |
 | Lavanya Gudelli from Hyderabad is bringing the change that she wished to see in the world. Here's howHyderabad-based Lavanya Gudelli also initiated a Changemaker's Club where youngsters meet and talk about burning issues once in three months | |
 | This Hyderabadi youngster is leveraging youth power to set up Kalam libraries across TelanganaYuva Thirang's objective through Kalam Bharat, and their other programmes, is to awaken the spirit of Dr APJ Kalam within all youngsters. The organisation's founder is Phanindra Kumar | |
 | Child Grooms: Around 115 million underage boys married off, says UNICEF reportOf these, 1 in 5 children, or 23 million, were married before the age of 15. Using data from 82 countries, the study reveals that child marriage among boys is prevalent across a range of countries | |
 | After anonymous tip, Childline stops a 17-year-old girl from being married off to settle father's financial woesAccording to sources, due to the illness of the victim's father, family members had planned to arrange a marriage for the minor girl with a 25-year-old man | |
 | Why we need to rethink the law that's 'aiding' child marriageSocial activists say that one of the main reasons children are married off is because mandatory education is only upto 14 making it easier for students to drop out
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 | What is stopping the Indian girl child from going to school?In the last five years, the education sector has seen many straight and indirect problems from the government. On this International Women's Day, we take a look at this | |
 | Chuppi Tod app launched in Bihar against child marriage, sexual harassmentPrince Manvendra Singh Gohil, the first openly gay prince in India, also lauded the Chuppi Tod strategy and said that he missed the much needed safe space being provided | |
 | In Bengal, girls get equal opportunities for education with respect to boysIn achieving these results, schemes like Kanyashree and Sabuj Sathi, both of which were conceived by the visionary Chief Minister of Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, have played a big role | |
 | Brave girls of West Bengal's Purulia lead by example, fight child marriageThe female literacy rate in the district is an abysmal 50.52 per cent, a figure much lower than the state average of 70.54 per cent | |
 | Four residential schools being proposed in tribal areas of KrishnagiriThe RSTCs are also expected to prevent children from dropping out, discourage child marriages, the practice of child labour and to uplift the status of tribal people in the hilly areas | |
 | How Sitavva Jodatti has been saving girls from becoming Devadasis in Karnataka for 21 yearsDedicated as a Devadasi at 7, Sitava Jodatti broke the barriers and now runs an NGO MASS to rehabilitate Devadasis and their children | |
 | Women and Child Development Ministry set to move cabinet to make all child marriages invalidCurrently, child marriages are valid in India and can be annulled if a case is filed by either parties within two years of becoing an adult, or through gaurdians for minors | |
 | Kozhikode leading in cases of child abuse : Childline reportThe district Childline has prepared a report and a vulnerability map of cases registered in the Corporation, seven municipalities and 70 grama panchayats in the district. |
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