Child Marriage In India
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317 Child Marriage Instances In Assam During 2017-18: Minister
Assam has witnessed a 10 fold rise in child marriage since 2015-16 with 317 instances recorded during 2017-18, said Social Welfare Minister Pramila Rani Brahma in the Assembly Friday.
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Government To Move Proposal To Annul All Child Marriages Across India
The Women and Child Development Ministry seeks to amend section 3 of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, under which a child marriage is only voidable at the option of the contracting parties.
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Child Marriages Drop By Half In India, Results In Global Decline: UNICEF
The proportion of girls getting married in India has nearly halved in a decade, the United Nations children's agency UNICEF said on Tuesday, which has contributed significantly to a global decline in child marriage.
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23 Million Child Brides In The Country: Supreme Court Raises Alarm
Expressing dismay over an alarming figure of 23 million child brides in the country, the Supreme Court has said one out of every five marriages violated laws prohibiting child marriage.
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Too Young To Wed: The State Of Child Marriages In India
India accounts for a third of the world’s child brides and about half of Indian women get married before they turn 18, says data from United Nations Population Fund. The minimum age for marriage in India is 18 years for women and 21 years for men. Child marriage is a punishable offence and the guardians can be fined up to Rs 1 lakh or up to ...
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Almost Half of Indian Women Get Married Before Age Of 18, Says UN Agency
A third of the world’s child brides are in India, with about half of Indian women getting married before they turned 18, the United Nations Population Fund or UNFPA has said. As many as 47 per cent of girls in India below 18 are married, UN data says. Child marriage is a violation of child rights, which has a negative impact on growth, health, me...
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India Home to One in Every Three Child Brides in World: United Nations
India has the sixth highest prevalence of child marriage in the world with one in every three child brides living in India, a United Nations report said.
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Rajasthan teen defies parents and rejects child marriage
Prem Saini looks and behaves like any other teenager - she enjoys music and seeing movies. But while most teen rebellion centres around skipping a curfew, or bunking a class, this 17-year-old has fought the battle of a lifetime.
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317 Child Marriage Instances In Assam During 2017-18: Minister
Assam has witnessed a 10 fold rise in child marriage since 2015-16 with 317 instances recorded during 2017-18, said Social Welfare Minister Pramila Rani Brahma in the Assembly Friday.
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Government To Move Proposal To Annul All Child Marriages Across India
The Women and Child Development Ministry seeks to amend section 3 of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, under which a child marriage is only voidable at the option of the contracting parties.
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Child Marriages Drop By Half In India, Results In Global Decline: UNICEF
The proportion of girls getting married in India has nearly halved in a decade, the United Nations children's agency UNICEF said on Tuesday, which has contributed significantly to a global decline in child marriage.
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23 Million Child Brides In The Country: Supreme Court Raises Alarm
Expressing dismay over an alarming figure of 23 million child brides in the country, the Supreme Court has said one out of every five marriages violated laws prohibiting child marriage.
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Too Young To Wed: The State Of Child Marriages In India
India accounts for a third of the world’s child brides and about half of Indian women get married before they turn 18, says data from United Nations Population Fund. The minimum age for marriage in India is 18 years for women and 21 years for men. Child marriage is a punishable offence and the guardians can be fined up to Rs 1 lakh or up to ...
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Almost Half of Indian Women Get Married Before Age Of 18, Says UN Agency
A third of the world’s child brides are in India, with about half of Indian women getting married before they turned 18, the United Nations Population Fund or UNFPA has said. As many as 47 per cent of girls in India below 18 are married, UN data says. Child marriage is a violation of child rights, which has a negative impact on growth, health, me...
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India Home to One in Every Three Child Brides in World: United Nations
India has the sixth highest prevalence of child marriage in the world with one in every three child brides living in India, a United Nations report said.
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Rajasthan teen defies parents and rejects child marriage
Prem Saini looks and behaves like any other teenager - she enjoys music and seeing movies. But while most teen rebellion centres around skipping a curfew, or bunking a class, this 17-year-old has fought the battle of a lifetime.
