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  • PALAK KASHIV
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    Child marriage when I write about this, I feel very ashamed about our society they can’t just play with our children’s future because this is happening for many decades and it is still is going in some rural areas earlier it is happening silently. Family needs to understand marrying their daughters at minor age even if they doing with their will but their brain is not developed, they don’t know what is happening marriage is not a small thing it is a big change people need to educate them about this. Instead of lowering the number of children marriages, it is increasing day by day. To put the ban on child marriage we are fighting for this from very earlier even before independence but still, very less improvement is seen. If people think that if we married our children at minor age then we don’t have to pay much money please stop it spend that money on child’s career make them independent and literate. Also, our government needs to strict the punishment because people have fear before resorting to child marriage because it has now crossed the limit, we are living in the 21st century but it is still happening we will be able to never count ourselves in developing country if this thing does not end. Search people who are doing this put them behind the bar. Child marriage after few years they give baby at a very young age. What about female health, their liberty, their enjoyment of teenagers. You are making your child’s life worst by doing this, they will never forgive you and marriage should be the decision of the person who they want to marry with and when they want to marry after being an adult please respect their choices.
    “Educate your child like your do for your son. They are not born to be brides. This will help the society to grow more and bring down the rate of child marriage”.

    Manpreet Singh
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    According to United Nations Population Fund, about 140 million girls will become child brides between 2011 and 2020. (UNFPA). When children’s weddings are at the current level, 14.2 million girls are marrying too young each year, or 39,000 a day. In addition, of the 140 million females married by 18 years, 50 million are under 15. 50 million are married. Nothing has been achieved in the termination of child marriage, despite the physical damage and continuous discrimination against young children. Indeed, with the growing adolescent population in the developing world, the problem threatens to rise. Child marriage constitutes an abhorrent breach of human rights and takes away girls’ education, health, and their long-term potential. A girl whose potential will not be achieved who is married as a kid. We have to work together and finish child marriage because a lot of parents and communities want their children to get the best out of it as well.

    The major cause of death for young women aged 15-19 is the complications of pregnancy and childbirth. Young females who married later and delay their pregnancy after adolescence have more opportunities to stay healthier, improve education and improve living conditions for themselves and their families. Unfortunately, the UN Millennium Development Goals 4 & 5, which aim for a two-thirds reduction in the mortality rate of under 5 people, and a three-fourths reduction in maternal mortality by 2015, are not fulfilled when child marriage is not addressed adequately. Child marriage is a global issue, yet both within and within nations, rates vary drastically.

    Most children marry occurs in rural sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia in both proportions and numbers. Niger, 75%; Chad and the Central African Representation, 68%; Bangladesh, 66%; Guinea, 63%; Mozambique, 56%; Mali, 65%; Burkina Faso and Southern Sudan are 10 countries with the highest child marriage rates. For decades, child marriage is a difficult issue, firmly established in gender inequity, tradition, and poverty. Children’s marriage Practice is especially frequent in rural and poor places, with limited opportunities for girls. Parents often arrange weddings, and there is no choice between young girls. In a community, social influences can push families to young children’s marriages. Some tribes, for example, think marrying girls bring favors to families before they reach puberty. Some communities think that early marriage protects young girls against sexual assault and abuse and see it as a means of ensuring their daughter does not get pregnant.

    Shreya Shukla
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    Child marriage was one of the major problems in India. But with time, this issue has been solved to some extent but the child bride problem still exists.
    This is horrible, but it’s there.
    People who do this crime don’t even realize what they are doing to their innocent daughters.
    Little girls are married to men who are the age of their uncle or father. People think that their girls will be safe and happy with them but the reality is that these grooms make her life as disgusting as hell. All this happens in India because marriage is regarded as the final destination. I mean if you are a girl and not married you don’t deserve to be respected. People think that a girl is meant to be married as soon as the family could manage to do so. In villages, this crime takes place a lot because of a lack of education. This destroys a girl not only physically but also mentally.
    This kind of sick mentality should be changed by educating these people, by making them understand the importance of a girls life and her decisions.

    Abhirami
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    Child marriage is an internationally recognized health and human rights violation disproportionately affecting girls, globally. According to the United Nations, complications from pregnancy and childbirth are the leading causes of death for girls aged 1519 years in developing countries. UNICEF estimates Stillbirths and newborn deaths are 50 percent higher among mothers under the age of 20 than in women who get pregnant in their 20s. Child marriage affects more than the young girls, the next generation is also at higher risk for illness and death. Marriage of children is declining worldwide, but is increasing in Bangladesh. Bangladesh ranks fourth in the prevalence of child marriage and second only to India. The other three countries with higher child marriage rates than Bangladesh are underdeveloped African countries. This report was released worldwide by UNICEF on March 6, 2018. One of the main reason for the continuance of this violation is due to the lack of awareness and not knowing the laws related with Child marriage. Being a law student, I would like to mention some laws relating to Child marriage. They include Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006, Hindu Marriage Act 1956, Muslim Personal Law, Indian Christian Marriage Act etc. These all rules and regulations should be known by our girls for putting an end to this heinous action. For spreading these knowledge, we should find various methods to reach them. That include giving awareness classes in schools, collages, village gatherings and all. So, new individuals to come up to spread the information and also they can take help from NGOs, community welfare workers and all. In these ways, we can put an end to Child marriage in the coming years.

    Samriti Sharma
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    Child marriage simply means a marriage which is not entered into voluntarily as it is the one where women or men are below the age of 21 years.Many women go through child marriage in rural parts of Rajesthan, Haryana and many other parts of the nation. The rate of child marriage was highest during the nineteenth century because of the socio-economic conditions and is still prevalent in many small villages and areas.
    Child marriage was outlawed in 1929.The minimum age of marriage was reformed under the new laws to 18 years for girls and 21 year’s for boys however today, the age for girls marriage had been raised from 18 to 21.
    Despite various steps that have been taken up by the government still highest number of child marriage cases were recorded in Karnataka, India. India in particular is a home to 223 million child brides.

    038 deepika Singh
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    Child marriage is a curse. It snatches away childhood from children’s life. Child marriages has been prevailing in our country since a long time. India is estimated to have over 24 million child brides. 40% of the world’s 60 million child marriages take place in India according to the National Family Health Survey. The most common reasons for underage marriages includes poverty, illiteracy, financial constraints, religious and social traditions. Most of the girls drop out from schools and colleges without completing their education and are married off to men. Having incomplete education makes them financially dependent on their husband and limits their activities to performing house chores and raise their kids. Married teenage girls who are uneducated are more prone to sexual and domestic abuse than married adult and educated woman. The government of India has proposed raising the minimum legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years. Currently, the minimum legal age for women to marry is 18 years and the same for men is 21 years. The bill has not been passed yet due to resistance from several parties.
    Despite of all these efforts many girls in rural areas are married much before the age of eighteen, they become mothers at an early age when their bodies are not even ready for it, citing several health issues. Child marriage is a violation of human rights and child rights and is surely a bane to our society.

    Afshan Iqbal
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    It is estimated that each year, at least 1.5 million girls under 18 get married in India, which makes it home to the largest number of child brides in the world. Nearly 16 per cent of adolescent girls aged 15-19 are currently married. Uttar Pradesh is home to the largest population of child brides, with 36 million. Earlier, in India girls have been considered a burden on parents. Parents used to give their girl child to marriage by shoving off their responsibility towards a girl child. I believe this is the worst that any parent can do with their child. So, by any means child marriage is a bane. Child marriage takes away the childhood of a girl. Her education is compromised and it kills a girl’s personal goals and passions. At the age when a girl should get educated and dream about her career, she is handed the responsibility of marriage and family building. Child marriage is a tragedy. It leads to the trafficking and sale of girls. Child marriage is a hurdle for physical growth and leads to mental as well as physical health problems. The children become child labourers for family maintenance. It locks children into often abusive relationships. The immature girl child is pushed into a family system and there is a risk of under-age pregnancy. Underage pregnancy leads to premature births which may result in infant mortality and the death of mothers. Child marriage has devastating consequences and it’s a curse for the girls who are made to be bound in a nuptial relationship at such an early age. There are laws against child marriage but it isn’t enough. Everyone especially the people in rural areas needs to understand that child marriage is a bane. It needs to be stopped and it can happen if each one of us educates people about the effects of early marriage on children. It’s the year 2022 but still, a girl under 18 is married somewhere in the world every two seconds. Child marriage is a curse for society and it will affect everyone so we need to make sure that it stops.

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