Child Marriage
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Over 1,800 arrested in Assam government’s crackdown against child marriage, says chief minister
Scroll Staff
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Interview: ‘Child marriage law has been weaponised by parents of girls who marry men they choose’
Smitha Nair
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Instead of raising women’s marriage age, here are six things India should do to curb child marriage
Poonam Muttreja Alok Vajpeyi Martand Kaushik
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In UP’s Lalitpur, poverty is pushing families to marry off two in five girls before they turn 18
Ranvijay Singh, IndiaSpend.com
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Interview: Laws alone are not sufficient to end child marriage – there’s a need for social change
Govindraj Ethiraj, IndiaSpend.com
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Rajasthan recalls Bill on concerns that it would legitimise child marriage
Scroll Staff
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It’s 500 days since children went to school in India. Everything is opening. Why aren’t schools?
Johanna Deeksha
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Reducing the school dropout rate for girls will require more than just policy interventions
Pradeep Krishnatray
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What India can learn from community efforts in Patna to prevent child marriages during lockdown
Roshni Chakraborty
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Why India needs to impart comprehensive sexuality education in its schools now more than ever
Poonam Muttreja
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Why ending child marriage has not been easy in Pakistan
Sara Malkani, Dawn.com
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Child marriages were on the decline in Odisha. Then, the Covid-19 pandemic struck
Priya Ranjan Sahu
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Three Indian trafficked brides tell their stories of exploitation and oppression
Sreya Banerjea, The Conversation
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In India’s villages, some desperate parents see child marriage as a means to survive the pandemic
Reetika Revathy Subramanian
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Raising the minimum legal age of marriage for women to 21 years is neither feasible nor promising
Shireen J Jejeebhoy
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Ending early marriage in India will take more than legal action – it needs real belief in equality
Poonam Muttreja
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The X factor: Teenage pregnancies are large silent contributors to childhood malnutrition in India
Nayantara Narayanan
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Data check: India fares poorly on children’s wellbeing, below Sri Lanka, Bhutan and China
Sana Ali, Indiaspend.com
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Nandita Das: How did we get to this point where women define themselves by how they look?
Nandita Das
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Assam: Woman allegedly tonsured, assaulted for opposing underage son’s marriage; 3 arrested
Scroll Staff