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Rajasthan's U-Turn Amid Row Over Proposed Law, Child Marriages Concern
A controversial law in Rajasthan seen to validate/legitimise child marriages by asking parents to register them has been withdrawn by the state's Congress government after a huge uproar.
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"Need Outright Ban On Child Marriage": New Rajasthan Law Sparks Concerns
NGOs and social groups working for women's rights and against child marriage have communicated their concerns to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot over a bill that allegedly legitimises child marriages.
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New Rajasthan Law Faces Questions Over Validating Child Marriages
Rajasthan has amended a 2009 law to now state that if the bride is under 18 and the bridegroom is under 21, their parents must register the marriage within 30 days of the event. The earlier version had set the age criterion at 21 for both.
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Trauma Pushed This Child Bride to Attempt Suicide
Bhanu (not her real name) is only 17 years old. But in December, she tried to commit suicide, unable to face the pressure of a court case to end her marriage, which took place four years ago. Today, she is determined to fight.
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Why Rekha from Jodhpur is a bonafide braveheart
Rekha Kumari's bedroom is like that of any 20-year-old. She has college books scattered around, a reminder of the college exams she has just taken. Dressed in an onion pink salwaar-kameez, she still appears tense. It's not the results of her 2nd year BA exams that worry her. She has received threats from others in her home town, Peepar, in Rajas...
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Sixteen-year-old in Rajasthan refuses to accept her child marriage
A 16-year-old-girl in Rajasthan has rejected her child marriage that took place when she was only a-year-old. The girl was not aware of this, till the time her in-laws approached her family to take her to their house a few days back.
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Rajasthan's U-Turn Amid Row Over Proposed Law, Child Marriages Concern
A controversial law in Rajasthan seen to validate/legitimise child marriages by asking parents to register them has been withdrawn by the state's Congress government after a huge uproar.
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"Need Outright Ban On Child Marriage": New Rajasthan Law Sparks Concerns
NGOs and social groups working for women's rights and against child marriage have communicated their concerns to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot over a bill that allegedly legitimises child marriages.
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New Rajasthan Law Faces Questions Over Validating Child Marriages
Rajasthan has amended a 2009 law to now state that if the bride is under 18 and the bridegroom is under 21, their parents must register the marriage within 30 days of the event. The earlier version had set the age criterion at 21 for both.
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Trauma Pushed This Child Bride to Attempt Suicide
Bhanu (not her real name) is only 17 years old. But in December, she tried to commit suicide, unable to face the pressure of a court case to end her marriage, which took place four years ago. Today, she is determined to fight.
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Why Rekha from Jodhpur is a bonafide braveheart
Rekha Kumari's bedroom is like that of any 20-year-old. She has college books scattered around, a reminder of the college exams she has just taken. Dressed in an onion pink salwaar-kameez, she still appears tense. It's not the results of her 2nd year BA exams that worry her. She has received threats from others in her home town, Peepar, in Rajas...
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Sixteen-year-old in Rajasthan refuses to accept her child marriage
A 16-year-old-girl in Rajasthan has rejected her child marriage that took place when she was only a-year-old. The girl was not aware of this, till the time her in-laws approached her family to take her to their house a few days back.
