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Child marriage

  • Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad among places with highest prevalence of child marriages in India

    Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad among places with highest prevalence of child marriages in India

    Shreya Roy Chowdhury
    · Jun 02, 2017 · 06:30 am
  • Indonesia: Female Islamic clerics issue fatwa against child marriage

    Indonesia: Female Islamic clerics issue fatwa against child marriage

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 28, 2017 · 05:06 pm
  • Why ending child marriage in Uttar Pradesh will not be easy

    Why ending child marriage in Uttar Pradesh will not be easy

    Nayana Chowdhury
    · Apr 24, 2017 · 07:30 pm
  • Of, for and by children: In West Bengal, kids' panchayats are stopping early marriages, child labour

    Of, for and by children: In West Bengal, kids' panchayats are stopping early marriages, child labour

    Chhandosree
    · Mar 30, 2017 · 09:30 pm
  • No proof of age? No wedding: Priests in Telangana are refusing to perform child marriages

    No proof of age? No wedding: Priests in Telangana are refusing to perform child marriages

    Roli Srivastava, Thomson Reuters Foundation
    · Mar 23, 2017 · 07:30 pm
  • Bangladesh’s new child marriage law allows minors to marry under 'special circumstances'

    Bangladesh’s new child marriage law allows minors to marry under 'special circumstances'

    M Niaz Asadullah and Zaki Wahhaj, The Conversation
    · Mar 10, 2017 · 09:30 pm
  • Watch: Can rising sea levels (blame climate change) lead to child marriages in Bangladesh?

    Watch: Can rising sea levels (blame climate change) lead to child marriages in Bangladesh?

    Scroll Staff
    · Feb 07, 2017 · 02:00 pm
  • In Wayanad, an Adivasi marriage tradition at odds with the law has landed many men in jail

    In Wayanad, an Adivasi marriage tradition at odds with the law has landed many men in jail

    TA Ameerudheen
    · Dec 16, 2016 · 12:30 pm
  • Rape is not criminal in a child marriage because of ‘social realities’, Centre tells Delhi HC

    Rape is not criminal in a child marriage because of ‘social realities’, Centre tells Delhi HC

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 30, 2016 · 11:31 am
  • 12 million Indian children under 10 are married, majority of them are Hindu

    12 million Indian children under 10 are married, majority of them are Hindu

    Devanik Saha, IndiaSpend.com
    · Jun 02, 2016 · 10:30 pm
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