Child Marriage

The government Thursday said it has no information as on date regarding data on increase in cases of child abuse due to the Covid-related lockdown situations and data on the increase in child marriage cases across the country.

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma called for delinking population control issue from politics and adopting a realistic solution with stress on education, health, ending child marriage and financial inclusion to solve the problem among the state's Muslims.

A child marriage was stopped in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district by a team of the welfare department's child helpline, an official said on Sunday.

The Delhi Commission for Women on Thursday rescued a 15-year-old girl, who was being forcibly married off by her family, from northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri area.

Closed schools, surging poverty, forced marriages and depression -- after a year of the pandemic, indicators measuring child and adolescent development have all regressed, a setback that heralds lasting stigma for an entire generation, UNICEF warned Thursday.

A bride eloped with her boyfriend leaving the groom waiting in Odisha's Kalahandi district, following which her 15-year-old younger sister was married off with the man.

"All the best and happy marriage anniversary," wrote Salman Khan

A girl who went "missing" from her maternal uncle's Delhi home nearly four years ago has been found by the Delhi Police who said that she had fled to escape being married off as a minor and is now pursuing a nursing course.

India captain Virat Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma were blessed with a baby girl on Monday, Kohli announced on social media.

A 20-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and marrying a teenaged girl from Kolkata, police said on Monday.

A report of the UN Secretary General on child and forced marriages has taken note of national policies and capacity-building initiatives taken in India to promote gender and child-sensitive health services, including for girls subjected to such alliances, and "promising experiences" about supporting those affected by the practices.

Kanyashree is a conditional cash transfer scheme aimed at improving the status and well being of the girl child by incentivising schooling of teenage girls and delaying their marriages until the age of 18.

A 16-year-old girl in Telangana was married to a 23-year-old man on June 1, prompting child rights activists to demand penal action against the priest, the bride and groom's parents and the groom.

The Women and Child Development Ministry's emergency helpline Childline 1098 prevented 898 child marriages during the lockdown imposed in view of the coronavirus outbreak, Union minister Smriti Irani said today.

The parents of two minors have been charged for allowing the marriage of their children - a 12-year-old boy with a 10-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh.

The government Thursday said it has no information as on date regarding data on increase in cases of child abuse due to the Covid-related lockdown situations and data on the increase in child marriage cases across the country.

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma called for delinking population control issue from politics and adopting a realistic solution with stress on education, health, ending child marriage and financial inclusion to solve the problem among the state's Muslims.

A child marriage was stopped in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district by a team of the welfare department's child helpline, an official said on Sunday.

The Delhi Commission for Women on Thursday rescued a 15-year-old girl, who was being forcibly married off by her family, from northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri area.

Closed schools, surging poverty, forced marriages and depression -- after a year of the pandemic, indicators measuring child and adolescent development have all regressed, a setback that heralds lasting stigma for an entire generation, UNICEF warned Thursday.

A bride eloped with her boyfriend leaving the groom waiting in Odisha's Kalahandi district, following which her 15-year-old younger sister was married off with the man.

"All the best and happy marriage anniversary," wrote Salman Khan

A girl who went "missing" from her maternal uncle's Delhi home nearly four years ago has been found by the Delhi Police who said that she had fled to escape being married off as a minor and is now pursuing a nursing course.

India captain Virat Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma were blessed with a baby girl on Monday, Kohli announced on social media.

A 20-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and marrying a teenaged girl from Kolkata, police said on Monday.

A report of the UN Secretary General on child and forced marriages has taken note of national policies and capacity-building initiatives taken in India to promote gender and child-sensitive health services, including for girls subjected to such alliances, and "promising experiences" about supporting those affected by the practices.

Kanyashree is a conditional cash transfer scheme aimed at improving the status and well being of the girl child by incentivising schooling of teenage girls and delaying their marriages until the age of 18.

A 16-year-old girl in Telangana was married to a 23-year-old man on June 1, prompting child rights activists to demand penal action against the priest, the bride and groom's parents and the groom.

The Women and Child Development Ministry's emergency helpline Childline 1098 prevented 898 child marriages during the lockdown imposed in view of the coronavirus outbreak, Union minister Smriti Irani said today.

The parents of two minors have been charged for allowing the marriage of their children - a 12-year-old boy with a 10-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh.