Child Marriage
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The struggle of a child bride in Rajasthan: Married at 5, motherhood at 13 and widowed by 20
Women married young face a number of challenges, including early pregnancy, domestic abuse and abandonment.
Jigyasa Mishra, IndiaSpend.com
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Only 494 of 8,773 child marriage and POCSO accused convicted since 2017, says Assam CM
A statewide crackdown on child marriage has led to the arrest of over 3,000 since January.
Scroll Staff
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In Assam, POCSO use in drive against child marriage raises legal concerns
The act has been invoked against young men in consensual relationships and even parents and relatives. This is not the objective of the law, say experts
Rokibuz Zaman
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Assam will intensify police action against child marriage, says CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
The Gauhati HC has observed that the arrests made by the police are causing havoc in the state.
Scroll Staff
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Afraid of arrest, Assam’s pregnant teens skip hospitals, turn to home births and abortion pills
Doctors, health workers fear the police crackdown on child marriage might result in a setback to maternal health
Rokibuz Zaman
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Will Assam’s child marriage arrests undo the work of community activists?
Community workers risked their lives to stop child marriages. Now, they fear a police crackdown will reverse the gains of a social movement.
Rokibuz Zaman
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In Assam, a police crackdown on child marriage leaves a trail of crying women and broken families
Many claim that the action is politically motivated, targetting Muslims of Bengali origin.
Rokibuz Zaman
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Over 1,800 arrested in Assam government’s crackdown on child marriage, says chief minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma said that 4,004 cases related to child marriage have been registered in the state.
Scroll Staff
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DCW issues notice to Delhi Police after Muslim teenager alleges forced marriage, domestic abuse
The 15-year-old has alleged that her in-laws tried to abort her foetus after she got pregnant but the procedure failed.
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Instead of raising women’s marriage age, here are six things India should do to curb child marriage
The proposed legislation to raise the legal marriage age for girls to 21 years can have several harmful consequences.
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
In a survey of women aged 20-24 years, 42.5% of respondents said they were minors at the time of their marriage.
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
Poonam Muttreja of the Population Foundation of India says the minimum age for marriage for women should be raised through access to education, not laws.
Govindraj Ethiraj, IndiaSpend.com
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