In the study, the researchers considered men and women aged 20-24 who were married before turning 18 in their analysis even though India legally considers marriage of boys before age 21 to be child marriage. The team included more than 13.4 million women and more than 1.4 million men in their analysis. 📰 Child Marriage in India: One in Five Girls, 1 in Six Boys Are Married, Says Study.
The wedding of a Dalit youth who had sought police protection to ride a horse to his bride's house, has run into fresh trouble after the bride was found to be a minor.
According to the analysis 'Covid-19: A threat to progress against child marriage', 10 million additional child marriages may occur before the end of the decade, threatening years of progress in reducing the practice.
Updated Mar 03, 2021 | 20:33 IST
A teenaged girl approached the Bhilwara court, seeking the annulment of her marriage that took place around 12 years ago. After realising that she wanted the annulment, the girl spoke to her parents (Representative Image). | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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The teenager approached the court seeking the annulment of her marriage
Ajmer: An 18-year-old girl, who was married off at the age of 6, approached the Bhilwara court on Tuesday, seeking the annulment of her marriage. After hearing the girl's claims, the court directed the summon to her husband.
The girl said that she was ignorant when she got married. However, after she turned an adult, the girl realised that she was against the marriage.
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As the COVID-19 pandemic raged, organisations around the world raised alarms about the rise in child marriages. Non-profit organisation Save The Children warned that “half a million more girls are at risk of child marriage in the pandemic year, and the increase is set to reverse 25 years of progress, which saw child marriage rates decline.”
Analysis conducted by the NGO revealed that a further 2.5 million girls were at risk of early marriage by 2025, only because of the pandemic. Added to the 58.4 million child marriages taking place on average every five years, this amounts to a staggering 61 million child marriages by 2025, as reported by Save the Children.
Updated Jan 13, 2021 | 20:23 IST
The cops in Rajkot rescued an 8-year-old girl from the clutches of her kidnapper moments before she could be sold off in a marriage market. The girl went missing on December 24 from Hidad village when she had gone out of home to buy snacks (Representative Image). | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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The accused was allegedly planning to marry off the 8-year-old girl
Rajkot: An 8-year-old girl from Rajkot, Gujarat was rescued moments before she could be sold off in a marriage market. The 8-year-old girl was rescued from her kidnapper from Rajkot's Padadhari taluka on Wednesday.