She enlisted the Children’s Group and Child Protection Committee to lobby her father who eventually gave in and stopped the marriage. She has since helped other girls stop their marriages and has ...

Patna: The state govt is implementing several measures to prevent child marriages, including the formation of a state-level ...

Charity Karma Nirvana recorded 76 cases of child marriage reported to its hotline in 2020. This bill could stop that. By signing up, you agree to our privacy policy ...

Though Voita herself was not a child bride, she argued that stopping child marriages would not stop abuse, and that within her own family there are three people who were married as minors.

New Hampshire could become the latest US state to ban child marriage after its House of Representatives passed a bill that would raise the minimum age for marriage to 18. Until 2016, child ...

UNICEF called on Friday for greater global efforts to end child marriages and provide quality education for all girls, emphasizing the importance of a multisectoral approach to target the root cause ...

Thane: Authorities have foiled a family's attempt to marry off a 16-year-old girl in Thane district of Maharashtra, officials said on Wednesday. The child welfare department office in Pune received an ...

Bhubaneswar: Authorities prevented 8,159 child marriages across the state in the last five years since 2019, deputy chief minister Pravati Parida informed the assembly on Saturday. Responding to a ...

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Patna: The state govt is implementing several measures to prevent child marriages, including the formation of a state-level task force to monitor actions taken in districts with a comparatively ...