Instead of raising women’s marriage age, here are six things India should do to curb child marriage

Poonam Muttreja Alok Vajpeyi Martand Kaushik

· Apr 03, 2022 · 01:30 pm

In UP’s Lalitpur, poverty is pushing families to marry off two in five girls before they turn 18

Ranvijay Singh, IndiaSpend.com

· Feb 27, 2022 · 09:30 pm

Interview: Laws alone are not sufficient to end child marriage – there’s a need for social change

Govindraj Ethiraj, IndiaSpend.com

· Feb 18, 2022 · 07:30 pm

Rajasthan recalls Bill on concerns that it would legitimise child marriage

Scroll Staff

· Oct 12, 2021 · 04:00 pm

It’s 500 days since children went to school in India. Everything is opening. Why aren’t schools?

Johanna Deeksha

· Aug 03, 2021 · 09:00 am

Reducing the school dropout rate for girls will require more than just policy interventions

Pradeep Krishnatray

· Jul 29, 2021 · 07:30 am

What India can learn from community efforts in Patna to prevent child marriages during lockdown

Roshni Chakraborty

· Apr 19, 2021 · 06:30 am

Why India needs to impart comprehensive sexuality education in its schools now more than ever

Poonam Muttreja

· Apr 07, 2021 · 02:30 pm

Why ending child marriage has not been easy in Pakistan

Sara Malkani, Dawn.com

· Jan 15, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Child marriages were on the decline in Odisha. Then, the Covid-19 pandemic struck

Priya Ranjan Sahu

· Nov 15, 2020 · 09:00 am

Three Indian trafficked brides tell their stories of exploitation and oppression

Sreya Banerjea, The Conversation

· Oct 03, 2020 · 07:30 pm

In India’s villages, some desperate parents see child marriage as a means to survive the pandemic

Reetika Revathy Subramanian

· Sep 10, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Raising the minimum legal age of marriage for women to 21 years is neither feasible nor promising

Shireen J Jejeebhoy

· Sep 03, 2020 · 07:30 am

Ending early marriage in India will take more than legal action – it needs real belief in equality

Poonam Muttreja

· Jun 30, 2020 · 09:46 am

The X factor: Teenage pregnancies are large silent contributors to childhood malnutrition in India

Nayantara Narayanan

· Jul 10, 2019 · 06:30 am

Data check: India fares poorly on children’s wellbeing, below Sri Lanka, Bhutan and China

Sana Ali, Indiaspend.com

· Jun 02, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Nandita Das: How did we get to this point where women define themselves by how they look?

Nandita Das

· Mar 28, 2019 · 12:30 pm

Assam: Woman allegedly tonsured, assaulted for opposing underage son’s marriage; 3 arrested

Scroll Staff

· Oct 07, 2018 · 05:32 pm

Sudan: Teenager gets death sentence for killing husband who raped her

Scroll Staff

· May 12, 2018 · 12:08 pm

BJP MLA suggests that child marriage will help end ‘love jihad’

Scroll Staff

· May 06, 2018 · 07:57 am