Manang B. Phom, a grade 6 student from Assam Rifles Public School, ARTC 3rd Mile, Dimapur represented the national consultation from Nagaland under the aegis of Nagaland Alliance for Children and Women Rights (NACWR). A press release from president NACWR, Azungla informed that the National Action Coordination Group - Ending Violence Against Children (NACG-EVAC) & Child in Need Institute (CINI) organized a National Consultation on “Environment and Climate Change: Impact on Children,” which was held in Kolkata on December 19.
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Islamabad : Pakistan suffers from excessive, contradictory, and convoluted legislation on the issue of child rights. Of the 35 national and provincial Child Protection Acts, there are no two acts.
National
January 22, 2021
PESHAWAR: Up to 18 per cent of women in Pakistan aged 20-24 reported being married before the age of 18 as compared to 4.7 per cent men in the same age bracket, said the data released by Pakistan Demographic Health Survey (PDHS) 2017-18.
Citing the document, women rights activists said on Thursday the data showed that child marriages stood at 28 per cent in settled and 35 per cent in the tribal districts of KP.
They pointed out that the legal age for marriage for girls in Pakistan is 16 years, under the Child Marriage Restraint Act (CMRA) 1929, except for the province of Sindh where it has been increased to 18 years for both girls and boys.