The National Strategic Plan in Handling the Causes of Child Marriages, which was launched in 2020 and expires this year, must be continued, she stressed. The plan focuses on key factors ...

The Bihar government has decided to constitute a state-level 'task force' headed by the chief secretary to monitor action taken by authorities to prevent and eradicate child marriages in the state.

The Bihar government has decided to constitute a state-level 'task force' headed by the chief secretary to monitor action taken by authorities to prevent and eradicate child marriages in the state.

The Bihar government has decided to constitute a State-level 'task force' headed by the Chief Secretary to monitor action taken by authorities to prevent and eradicate child marriages in the State.

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 ...

According to the National Family Health Survey -5, Bihar has the second-highest rate of child marriage in the country, following West Bengal. The report said 40.8 per cent of women in the state ...

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 ...

Sydney Davis, would have removed the section of existing law which allows for a single parent or guardian to sign off on a child marriage. Proponents of the bill emphasized the risks of abuse and ...

Kamlesh Rani, the female sarpanch of Rawanhera village in Haryana, is combating child marriages despite Khap Panchayats' demands to lower the marriage age for girls. After 18 years as an Anganwadi ...

Bhubaneswar: Despite ongoing efforts to curb child marriage, Odisha continues to witness a significant number of cases, with 8,159 instances reported over the last six years, according to official ...

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court has asked the Kerala Legal Services Authority (KELSA) to conduct awareness programmes against child marriage in all upper primary and high schools and ...

One of those bills approaching the finish line would eliminate child marriage in Missouri. The Missouri Senate gave near unanimous approval to a bill that would close a loophole allowing 16- and ...