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Iran Child Bride Escapes Execution In Exchange For Rs 85 Lakh Blood Money
Goli Kouhkan, now 25, was on death row in Iran's Gorgan central prison for seven years. She was arrested at 18 for allegedly taking part in the killing of her abusive husband, Alireza Abil, in May 2018 and was sentenced to 'qisas'.
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Assam's Child Marriage Crackdown: 2 AM Knocks, Shaky Data
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that the drive against child marriage will continue till the next assembly elections in 2026.
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May Amend Law To Make Reporting Child Marriages Mandatory: Smriti Irani
The government is considering amendments to the Prevention of Child Marriage Act to make reporting of child marriages mandatory for the agencies concerned, Women and Child Development minister Smriti Irani has said.
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May Amend Law To Make Reporting Child Marriages Mandatory: Smriti Irani
The government is considering amendments to the Prevention of Child Marriage Act to make reporting of child marriages mandatory for the agencies concerned, Women and Child Development minister Smriti Irani has said.
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Child Marriage Costs Countries Billions In Lost Earnings, Says World Bank
According to a new World Bank report, more than a third of girls in sub-Saharan Africa marry before their 18th birthday, which costs countries billions of dollars in lost earnings.
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Thai Bride, 11, Returns From Malaysia After "Immense Media Pressure"
An 11-year-old child bride returned to Thailand this week following widespread outcry over her marriage to a Malaysian man 30 years her senior, an official told AFP on Saturday.
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Husband Kills Child Bride For Revenge In Afghanistan: Officials
An Afghan child forced to marry a man at least twice her age in a traditional bridal exchange has been tortured to death by her husband in a revenge killing, officials said Tuesday.
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India Set To Bring Law That Treats Every Future Child Marriage As Invalid
Home to a third of the world's child brides, India is set to change the law that is seen to legitimize child marriage and treat every marriage in the future involving minors to be invalid.
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Rescued From Marriage At 15, She Wants To Be Doctor. You Can Help
She displays remarkable determination to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor, despite all that she was made to go through.A fortnight ago, the 15-year-old who was being forcibly married to a physically challenged 38-year-old man was rescued as the ceremony was in progress at a temple in Hyderabad.
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How Social Media, New Laws Help Set India's Child Brides Free
MUMBAI: Campaigners are using social media and lobbying for special laws to annul child marriages in India. Kriti Bharti, founder of Saarthi Trust, has helped nullify more than 30 child marriages in Rajasthan, and recently used Facebook posts as evidence in court in a state where these marriages are often held secretly at night. “We have a law a...
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Focus Shifts On Marital Rape After Sex With Child Brides Criminalised
New Delhi: – A ruling by the Supreme Court against husbands who have sex with their child brides will protect millions of girls and may propel efforts to make marital rape a crime, according to campaigners. The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a decades-old clause in the country’s rape laws permitting a man to have sex with his wife if s...
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Sex With Wife Below 18 Can Be Punished With Life Imprisonment: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court judgement criminalising sexual intercourse by a man with his minor wife can attract a jail term of 10 years under the India Penal Code or even a life term under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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Child Bride Seller Turns Police Informer, Reveals Shocking Details On Hyderabad’s ‘Contract Marriages’
Hyderabad: For years, Haji Khan – a lanky man in his thirties – moved inconspicuously in the bylanes of Hyderabad’s Old City, scouring the streets for child brides for older men visiting from Gulf states, pocketing about Rs 10,000 for each girl. Mr Khan struck two kinds of deals: ‘Pucca‘ meant long-term marriages where the girl would fly ...
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More Education, Fewer Child Brides Mean Healthier Children, Finds Study
By Komal Ganotra/ IndiaSpend.org Over 13 million adolescent girls between 10 and 19 years were married in India in 2011, according to census data, but fewer literate women were married as children or had children early compared to those who were illiterate, according to an analysis by Child Rights and You (CRY), a Mumbai-based child rights non-pr...
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Bride At 8, Rajasthan Woman Scripts NEET Success Story 13 Years Later
She was married off at the tender age of eight, but that never deterred Rupa Yadav from pursuing her dream of becoming a doctor. Now 21, she has secured an all-India rank of 2,612 -- scoring 603 marks in this year's National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET).
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Iran Child Bride Escapes Execution In Exchange For Rs 85 Lakh Blood Money
Goli Kouhkan, now 25, was on death row in Iran's Gorgan central prison for seven years. She was arrested at 18 for allegedly taking part in the killing of her abusive husband, Alireza Abil, in May 2018 and was sentenced to 'qisas'.
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Assam's Child Marriage Crackdown: 2 AM Knocks, Shaky Data
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that the drive against child marriage will continue till the next assembly elections in 2026.
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May Amend Law To Make Reporting Child Marriages Mandatory: Smriti Irani
The government is considering amendments to the Prevention of Child Marriage Act to make reporting of child marriages mandatory for the agencies concerned, Women and Child Development minister Smriti Irani has said.
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May Amend Law To Make Reporting Child Marriages Mandatory: Smriti Irani
The government is considering amendments to the Prevention of Child Marriage Act to make reporting of child marriages mandatory for the agencies concerned, Women and Child Development minister Smriti Irani has said.
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Child Marriage Costs Countries Billions In Lost Earnings, Says World Bank
According to a new World Bank report, more than a third of girls in sub-Saharan Africa marry before their 18th birthday, which costs countries billions of dollars in lost earnings.
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Thai Bride, 11, Returns From Malaysia After "Immense Media Pressure"
An 11-year-old child bride returned to Thailand this week following widespread outcry over her marriage to a Malaysian man 30 years her senior, an official told AFP on Saturday.
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Husband Kills Child Bride For Revenge In Afghanistan: Officials
An Afghan child forced to marry a man at least twice her age in a traditional bridal exchange has been tortured to death by her husband in a revenge killing, officials said Tuesday.
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India Set To Bring Law That Treats Every Future Child Marriage As Invalid
Home to a third of the world's child brides, India is set to change the law that is seen to legitimize child marriage and treat every marriage in the future involving minors to be invalid.
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Rescued From Marriage At 15, She Wants To Be Doctor. You Can Help
She displays remarkable determination to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor, despite all that she was made to go through.A fortnight ago, the 15-year-old who was being forcibly married to a physically challenged 38-year-old man was rescued as the ceremony was in progress at a temple in Hyderabad.
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How Social Media, New Laws Help Set India's Child Brides Free
MUMBAI: Campaigners are using social media and lobbying for special laws to annul child marriages in India. Kriti Bharti, founder of Saarthi Trust, has helped nullify more than 30 child marriages in Rajasthan, and recently used Facebook posts as evidence in court in a state where these marriages are often held secretly at night. “We have a law a...
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Focus Shifts On Marital Rape After Sex With Child Brides Criminalised
New Delhi: – A ruling by the Supreme Court against husbands who have sex with their child brides will protect millions of girls and may propel efforts to make marital rape a crime, according to campaigners. The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a decades-old clause in the country’s rape laws permitting a man to have sex with his wife if s...
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Sex With Wife Below 18 Can Be Punished With Life Imprisonment: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court judgement criminalising sexual intercourse by a man with his minor wife can attract a jail term of 10 years under the India Penal Code or even a life term under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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Child Bride Seller Turns Police Informer, Reveals Shocking Details On Hyderabad’s ‘Contract Marriages’
Hyderabad: For years, Haji Khan – a lanky man in his thirties – moved inconspicuously in the bylanes of Hyderabad’s Old City, scouring the streets for child brides for older men visiting from Gulf states, pocketing about Rs 10,000 for each girl. Mr Khan struck two kinds of deals: ‘Pucca‘ meant long-term marriages where the girl would fly ...
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More Education, Fewer Child Brides Mean Healthier Children, Finds Study
By Komal Ganotra/ IndiaSpend.org Over 13 million adolescent girls between 10 and 19 years were married in India in 2011, according to census data, but fewer literate women were married as children or had children early compared to those who were illiterate, according to an analysis by Child Rights and You (CRY), a Mumbai-based child rights non-pr...
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Bride At 8, Rajasthan Woman Scripts NEET Success Story 13 Years Later
She was married off at the tender age of eight, but that never deterred Rupa Yadav from pursuing her dream of becoming a doctor. Now 21, she has secured an all-India rank of 2,612 -- scoring 603 marks in this year's National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET).
