Child Marriage

Firstpost Podcast | Explained: Assam clampdown on child marriage

Despite laws against child marriages, they continue across India, but why Assam government found it urgent to crackdown on child marriages? Tune in to find out

Kailash Satyarthi asks religious leaders to take stand on child marriage, says girls trafficked on pretext of marriage

In an exclusive conversation with Firstpost, Kailash Satyarthi extensively spoke about child marriage and its associated evils that plague the country, society and economy

Child Marriage Free India: Nobel winner Kailash Satyarthi starts 'biggest-ever grassroots drive' against child marriage

The campaign that aims to raise people's awareness against child marriage was launched at a public gathering at Navranpura village in Rajasthan's Vrat Nagar. Another Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee who is from Liberia was among the attendees

Parliamentary panel receives 90,000 'orchestrated emails' on Bill seeking increase in marital age for girls

Just six members attended the meeting of the committee chaired by BJP MP Vinay Sahasrabuddhe on Wednesday out of a membership strength of 31

A tale of two cities within one: Qubool Hai?, Telugu show on Aha, explores child marriage and trafficking in old Hyderabad

The beauty of the old Hyderabad city is juxtaposed against the horrors of its reality in the Aha series Qubool Hai?.

Why raising the legal age of marriage for women is more posturing than progress

Every girl isn’t born into an ‘ideal’ home, an ‘ideal’ society with an ideal amount of wealth and security and to make the argument that conforms to the State’s preferences is in their best possible interest

A holistic approach to adolescent health and well-being: Leveraging India’s demographic dividend

While some adolescents have access to necessary information and services, many are not adequately supported to make a successful transition from childhood to adulthood

Child marriage kills over 60 girls a day globally; six girls daily in South Asia, says 'Save The Children' report

India recorded over 350 crimes against children each day in 2020, shows CRY's analysis of NCRB data

Child marriage has increased 50 percent and online abuse has increased 400 percent in one year, CRY said. Further analysis suggests that crimes against children in India has increased steeply by 381 percent in the last decade

World Population Day: As UP invites suggestions, a look at India's history of population control

These critics argue that rich people have imposed population control on the poor for decades. And, they say, such coercive attempts to control the world's population often backfired and were sometimes harmful