Jun 12, 2021
The Programme started with the welcome address by Chairman DLSA Udhampur Yash Paul Bourney, Pr. District & Sessions Judge, Udhampur in which he said that child marriage is a menace that cannot be curbed without the support of the Society & apprised the participants about the various provisions of Child Marriage. Prohibition Act like the provisions for maintenance of girl child.
Anikta Sharma a Law student of National law college Shimla interlinked the problem of child marriage with Compulsory free education and stress for mass awareness to remove such black spot from society.
Speakers explained about reasons behind Child marriages and Child Marriage Restraint Act of 1929. They added that as per child marriage act 2006 if a marriage occurs between a boy who is aged between 18-21 years and a girl below the age of 18 years, it implies an imprisonment up to two year along with a fine of one Lakh rupees.
The curse of forced conversions in Pakistan
Rights activists decry failure to take action by police and judiciary as cases continue to rise
Arti Kumari is the latest victim of forced conversion in Sindh province. (Photo supplied)
Arti Kumari was abducted while going to a beauty parlor in Pakistan s southern city of Larkana. On April 9, she appeared in a Karachi court with her Muslim husband.
Her Hindu parents were barred from meeting the 22-year-old convert. “We are the indigenous people of this land. We demand to meet our daughter. Give her back. Our daughters are being kidnapped. We want justice. Save her,” said her father. Their video has garnered more than 95,000 views.
Call to prevent violence against women, children
Lahore
April 11, 2021
Lahore: A Zoom consultation meeting was organised under the aegis of Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) to call attention to the threatening issue of growing expression of violence against children and women.
The meeting was attended by human rights activists, researchers and media personnel virtually.
In the opening remarks, Peter Jacob, the executive director of CSJ, stated that violent behaviour particularly against the weaker sections of society was growing and there was a pattern in it. Various expressions of violence instil a sense of insecurity on one hand and multiply lawlessness on the other.
Need stressed for societal response to sexual violence, abuse of religion
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LAHORE, Pakistan: A Zoom Consultation Meeting was organized under the aegis of the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) to call attention to the threatening issue of growing expression of violence in abuse of children and women.
The meeting was attended by human rights activists, researchers, and media personnel virtually.
In the opening remarks, the Executive Director CSJ Peter Jacob said that the growing pattern of violent behavior particularly against the weaker sections of society.
Peter Jacob said that various expressions of violence instill a sense of insecurity and freedoms on one hand and multiply lawlessness on the other.
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