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NCPCR identifies over 11 lakh children vulnerable to child marriage, takes preventive steps
More than 1.2 crore people were reached through the awareness campaigns
By Newsmeter Network Published on 10 Oct 2024 10:23 AM GMT
Over 14,000 child marriages prevented across 265 districts in 17 states and UTs: NGO report
There was 81% reduction in the instances of child marriage between 2021-22 and 2023-24
By Newsmeter Network Published on 18 July 2024 8:50 AM GMT
Child marriage in India: one in five girls and one in six boys married early
Between 2016 and 2021 practice of child marriage has become more common in India.
By Newsmeter Network Published on 17 Dec 2023 8:01 AM GMT
Child marriages: Andhra govt to launch massive awareness campaign against this menace
he majority of the dropouts in the village level schools are girl children. To control child marriages, registration of marriages has been also made...
By Newsmeter Network Published on 17 Aug 2023 4:33 AM GMT
Lost childhood: Karnataka saw 48.3% rise in child marriages
Also, the pandemic played a key role in keeping girls out of schools, putting them at a higher risk of being forced into child marriage and early...
By Newsmeter Network Published on 11 Sep 2022 3:29 AM GMT
45 days after HC order: TS govt's inaction on KNPW's discontinued courses risks lives of young girls
"Why is the government spending on programmes like Kalyan Lakshmi and Shadi Mubarak? Instead, they can spend on the girl children's education. Why is...
By Nimisha S Pradeep Published on 24 May 2022 10:29 AM GMT
Rachakonda She teams arrest 70 eve-teasers, stop 3 child marriages
The Rachakonda She Teams along with the NGO Bhumika Womenās Collective conducted counseling for the arrested eve-teasers and their family members
By Newsmeter Network Published on 24 Oct 2021 8:34 AM GMT
Fact Check: Bride in viral photo is not 8-years-old but 19 years of age
The girl featured is an eight-year-old forcibly married to a 28-year-old man in Bihar's Nawada district. They also claimed that the girl's parents...
By Tejal Sinha Published on 1 Jun 2021 12:24 PM GMT
Six arrested for marrying off 16 YO to 57 YO man for money at Falaknuma
Police have arrested six people including a woman for marrying her 16-year-old niece to a 57-year-old man in lieu of money at Falaknuma in Hyderabad.
By Newsmeter Network Published on 1 Jan 2021 5:19 AM GMT
