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India s national health survey is a mine of statistics on key social indicators - from fertility rates to immunisation, marriage age to gender-based violence, and is used to craft government policies and pinpoint charity spending.
By Roli Srivastava, Thomson Reuters Foundation
5 Min Read Campaigners say move will hide the problem, distort data Many young domestic abuse victims do not report crimes
MUMBAI, April 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Child brides being beaten by their husbands will no longer be included in India’s biggest survey of domestic violence - potentially hiding the problem and making it even harder for married girls to get help.
India’s national health survey is a mine of statistics on key social indicators - from fertility rates to immunisation, marriage age to gender-based violence, and is used to craft government policies and pinpoint charity spending.
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Campaigners say move will hide the problem, distort data Many young domestic abuse victims do not report crimes
By Roli Srivastava
MUMBAI, April 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Child brides being beaten by their husbands will no longer be included in India s biggest survey of domestic violence - potentially hiding the problem and making it even harder for married girls to get help.
India s national health survey is a mine of statistics on key social indicators - from fertility rates to immunisation, marriage age to gender-based violence, and is used to craft government policies and pinpoint charity spending.
But (girls) brides married before the legal age of 18 have been omitted from the latest survey due to new child protection laws - even after the previous report found nearly one in six married girls aged 15 to 19 had faced abuse.
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