Over 100 houses set ablaze as ‘underage’ girl marries man from another community in Pakistan
Multiple families have said that they were left homeless overnight, while their years of savings and belongings were reduced to ashes.
Multiple families have said that they were left homeless overnight, while their years of savings and belongings were reduced to ashes.
Childhood is often described as the most vulnerable phase of life. For millions of children, especially girls, it has historically been cut short by forced marriages, abuse, and systemic neglect.
“Eradicating child marriage once seemed a distant, perhaps impossible, dream. But India has proven that with clear policies, persistent action, and grassroots involvement, transformative change is within reach,” PM Modi said.
Every girl deserves protection until she turns 18, argues Gajendra Singh
Many rural households see marriage as an escape from financial burden, while the lack of accessible secondary schools drives dropout rates among girls.
Age BA, pore bie (education first, then marriage) – this simple slogan, long championed separately by a government education official and a committed grassroots volunteer in Durgapur, is now set to gain national attention.
The pledge came during the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Chief Ministers’ conclave chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, where Assam’s campaign against child marriage was showcased as a national model.
Three married men, husbands of three minor girls, have been booked under the rape and POCSO Act after all of them have become pregnant by the Budbud police station, under Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate.
A 15-year-old girl, who was allegedly being forced into marriage with a 21-year-old man in Rohini, Delhi, was rescued by the police.
The grim reality of gender-based atrocities pervades every corner of our world, evincing in abhorrent forms such as sexual violence, dowry deaths, domestic violence, female foeticide and infanticide, female genital mutilation, child marriage and the suppression of women’s autonomy in education, speech and attire.
