Climate change is eroding safety nets, accelerating child marriage in South Asia

Reetika Revathy Subramanian

· Jun 07, 2025 · 06:30 am

Assam: 416 persons arrested in fresh crackdown on child marriages, says Himanta Sarma

Scroll Staff

· Dec 22, 2024 · 01:40 pm

Prohibition of Child Marriage Act cannot be stunted by practices under personal laws: Supreme Court

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· Oct 18, 2024 · 04:13 pm

Himachal Pradesh passes bill to raise women’s marriage age from 18 to 21 years

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· Aug 28, 2024 · 06:12 pm

In Bangladesh, climate disasters are forcing girls into underage marriages

Mehedi Hasan Marof

· May 24, 2024 · 07:30 pm

Assam: Over 1,000 arrested in police crackdown on child marriage, says Himanta Biswa Sarma

Scroll Staff

· Oct 03, 2023 · 01:18 pm

Assam CM says over 2,000 men will be arrested soon in crackdown on child marriage

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· Sep 11, 2023 · 01:09 pm

Only 494 of 8,773 child marriage and POCSO accused convicted since 2017, says Assam CM

Scroll Staff

· Mar 14, 2023 · 08:39 am

Assam’s plan to turn transit camp into jail for child marriage accused is unacceptable, says HC

Scroll Staff

· Mar 01, 2023 · 07:43 pm

Assam will intensify police action against child marriage, says CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

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· Feb 18, 2023 · 09:20 am

Assam child marriage arrests causing havoc, says Gauhati HC

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· Feb 15, 2023 · 10:19 am

Will Assam’s child marriage arrests undo the work of community activists?

Rokibuz Zaman

· Feb 10, 2023 · 06:30 am

In Assam, a police crackdown on child marriage leaves a trail of crying women and broken families

Rokibuz Zaman

· Feb 07, 2023 · 09:00 am

Assam: Women protest against crackdown on child marriage, CM says drive to continue till 2026

Scroll Staff

· Feb 05, 2023 · 12:00 pm

Over 1,800 arrested in Assam government’s crackdown on child marriage, says chief minister

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· Feb 03, 2023 · 12:07 pm

Interview: ‘Child marriage law has been weaponised by parents of girls who marry men they choose’

Smitha Nair

· Dec 28, 2022 · 07:30 am

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