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Balika Vadhu: Child marriage and other issues

Radhika — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:01:50 +0000

Since most of us enjoy a city life and come from sound educated backgrounds, we rarely get to visualize the advantages of such backings as compared to a villager or people from small towns. Although I don’t indulge in the daily soap fare, I...

Divorcing Fate: An End to Child Marriage

Grace — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:34:46 +0000

The average marrying age of Yemeni females is 12 to 13. They are pulled out of school, end up illiterate, forced to have children before their bodies are ready, and suffer serious health...

13 year Girl shows guts, say's no to Child Marriage

Vikas — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:01:14 +0000

A 13-year-old girl is revolting against a hoary tradition that has crushed many a childhood in Rajasthan - child marriage.

Yemeni judge dissolves 8-year-old girl's forced marriage

AP — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:51:34 +0000

A Yemeni judge dissolved the marriage of an 8-year-old girl to a man nearly four times her age, and the girl’s lawyer said Wednesday that the court also ordered the youngster removed from the control of the father who forced her into the...

Girls crushing in the name of marriage in Ethiopia

Pooja — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 06:17:13 +0000

Northern highlands of Ethiopia are still drenched into the age-old custom of child marriage. Despite international agreements and national laws, marriage of young girls is common practice in the region. What does this proves, is a girl mere...

Lok sabha passes Prohibition of Child Marriage Bill 2006 to make law tougher

Pratyush — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:27:06 +0000

Child marriage is banned in India but the story is different on the implementation level. Now, the government of India has taken strong step to tighten laws against child marriage on Tuesday. According to the new bill, Prohibition of...

Fact file: Contrasting truths of India!

Irani — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 05:22:04 +0000

India is a home to 19 percent of world’s children. The country is a story of stark contrasts and striking disparities as illustrated in a study of 43 focal districts of the UNICEF released on Thursday. The percentage of children receiving...

Rare couple: Husband as old as father or grand father

Puja — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 03:08:32 +0000

Child marriage is not a new trend and is prevalent in Afghanistan since long. Not only this, child marriages here are even warranted in some versions of Islamic texts and tradition. Very high percentage of marriages in Afghanistan includes girls...

Child marriage common in most South Asian nations

Himadree — Thu, 18 May 2006 01:49:17 +0000

Despite a host of legal provisions, child marriage is still in vogue in many parts of South Asia. This illegal practice results in heath problems, early pregnancy, infant mortality etc. The practice is mainly prevalent in the poor strata of...

Health challenges in Bangladesh

Pratyush — Wed, 17 May 2006 01:25:44 +0000

Bangladesh is facing many problems while trying to counter the growing health hazards such as HIV. Other social issues like child marriage, women empowerment and the increasing population are adding heat to the health problems. Under Secretary...