In 2025, India confronts child marriage head-on through the Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat campaign. From Karnataka’s stricter laws to ...

Ranchi, In line with the Centre’s ‘Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat’ campaign, child protection organisation Just Rights for Children on Monday announced the launch of an intensive intervention programme across ...

Dharwad: The Centre has directed all states and districts to launch a campaign over the next ten years, to make the entire ...

In India, nearly half of all girls are married before they turn the legal age of 18. In the state of Bihar, the statistics are even grimmer: 69% of girls are wedded before they’re 18 and 48% before ...

A crackdown on illegal child marriages in India's northeast has resulted in nearly 5,000 arrests, after 416 people were detained in the latest police sweep, a minister said on Dec. 22. "We will ...

India is home to one third of the world’s child brides while South Asia as a whole accounts for 42 percent of the child marriage cases worldwide, according to a new UNICEF report released Tuesday.

Southern districts like Mysuru and Mandya are seeing a significant drop in child marriages, with many cases successfully prevented. Increased awareness and swift action by authorities are credited for ...

Across the developing world, ten million girls are married off each year before the age of eighteen, usually against their will. One in seven of those girls is younger than fifteen. In some places ...

Understanding the Childfree Marriage Trend Childfree Marriage Concept: In traditional Indian households, marriage has often been viewed as a means to ensure the continuation of family lineage. Couples ...

Puttaparthi: Parents coming forward voluntarily to prevent child marriages is a positive and encouraging step, said District ...

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