Guwahati, February 26 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said the menace of child marriage will be eradicated from the state in the next two years, and he will not let such marriages happ
Guwahati, October 15 (IANS) The Assam Police has worked hard to stop child marriages in the state. The wide-scale crackdown against child marriages began in February this year, with police arresting more than 3
New Delhi, September 18 (PTI): About 50 per cent rise in the cases of child marriages has been recorded in 2020 over the previous year, according to the recent NCRB data, with experts saying it does not only me
Jaipur, September 5 (IANS): Married at the age of just seven, a 19-year-old 'Balika Vadhu' of Rajasthan's Bhilwara district finally got freedom from the clutches of child marriage after 12 years.
DHAKA, October 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Bangladesh must do more to tackle child marriage if it is to meet its own goal of eliminating the crime by 2041, according to a United Nations report released
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 7 (IANS): The Delhi Commission for Women has rescued a minor girl from southeast Delhi's Jamia Nagar who was allegedly being married off.
A call was received on the Commission's 18
HAUNA, Zimbabwe, October 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): When the girls at Sahumani Secondary School in eastern Zimbabwe started playing rugby, they had to make do with the soccer pitch and the oversized f
Soccer initiative aims to give child brides new opportunities, and the confidence to stand up for their rights
MUMBAI, September 232 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When India began lifting its coronavirus lo
Rise in child marriages feared as struggling families marry off girls to ease their economic hardship during the pandemic
MUMBAI, August 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When the police knocked on the door
MUMBAI, August 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): When the police knocked on the door as 15-year-old Muskaan prepared to head to the temple in their village in northern India, the bride-to-be was distraught.
LONDON, June 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): The coronavirus pandemic is reversing progress on ending child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM), jeopardising the futures of millions of girls, a s