Child Marriage In India

Several pre-planned child marriages have been cancelled in Assam over the last few days in the wake of ongoing police crackdown

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that a total of 4,004 child marriage cases have been registered across the state, adding that "more police action is likely in days ahead"

The West Bengal government in collaboration with UNICEF will form child-friendly sanghas' (clusters), comprising members of self-help groups, to curb child marriage and teenage pregnancy in the state, which is the highest in the country. To stop these twin menaces, the state government and UNICEF have planned, as a pilot project, to form 110 child-friendly sanghas' in the next six months in 87 blocks in all 23 districts of the state, a UNICEF release said here. "This initiative is aimed at addressing the issues that affect the lives of SHG members and their family members," Vibhu Goel, State Mission Director and CEO of West Bengal State Rural Livelihood Mission (SRLM), said at the end of a validation workshop held here on Friday. West Bengal is at the top in cases of child marriage and teenage pregnancy, according to a National Family Health Survey report. As per the data available, after the National Family Health Survey-5 was conducted in 2019-20, a total 41.6 per cent of women a

As many of 7.84 million (65 per cent) married children were female, reinforcing the fact that girls are significantly more disadvantaged

While they may be less susceptible to the virus itself, children in South Asia are profoundly affected by the fallout, including the economic and social consequences of measures such as lockdowns

According to the NFHS 2015-16 data, nearly eight per cent girls in the age group of 15-19 had already become mothers or were pregnant at the time of the survey

Child marriage in South Asia has almost halved over the past 25 years, falling from 59 per cent to 30 per cent today.

There is great social acceptance of underage marriages in all communities and religions

Girls from Rajasthan started living with their husbands at a median age of 17 after spending four years in their parents' homes after marriage

Bihar recorded second-highest number of married girl children at 39%; Jharkhand stood third at 38%

Central government told the court that child marriage was an "inescapable factum"

This was decided at a review meeting of Health department chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar

As many as 280,000 married girls between ages 15 and 19 have already given birth to four children