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Child Marriage

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?

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

TA Ameerudheen
· Dec 16, 2016 · 12:30 pm
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

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