Child Marriage in India

User icon Heather Dray
29 December 2023
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Examining the impact of legislation and humanitarian efforts designed to prevent child, early and forced marriage in India.


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 2022 English

Published in 2022, this report analyses the progress on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a set of 17 goals intended to decrease inequality across the world. The report specifically focusses on …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 2014 English

Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar (1891-1956) was a scholar, social reformer, powerful advocate of the rights of Dalits and women, chairman of the Constituent Assembly of India, and the country’s first law …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 June 2017 English

This report was released on June 1, 2017, by the government of India’s National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, New Delhi, and Young Lives India, a Delhi-based initiative part …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 2014 English

Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar (1891-1956), or Babasaheb Ambedkar, was a scholar, social reformer, powerful advocate of the rights of Dalits and women, chairman of the Constituent Assembly of India, and the …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 February 2021 English

The report Towards Violence Free Lives for Women, published in February 2021 by Oxfam India, reviews the Union budget for services related to violence against women from 2018 to 2021.According …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 16 January 2022 English

Published by Oxfam India on January 16, 2022, this is the India supplement of the global Inequality Kills report. This brief has been written by Oxfam India researchers Apoorva Mahendru, …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 10 January 2011 English

Enacted by the government of India on January 10, 2007, this Act seeks to prohibit the solemnisation of child marriages. The law – which defines a ‘child’ as a male …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 14 February 2018 English

This report by UN Women highlights the policies and processes needed to make the UN’s ambitious 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development a reality for women and girls around the world. …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 April 2021 English

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) released its annual State of World Population report titled My Body is My Own – Claiming the right to autonomy and self-determination in April …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 16 December 2020 English

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women, released this report on December 16, 2020. It is a follow-up on the …