Girl child marriage in total weddings remained above two per cent in the country, barring in Covid-hit year (2020) ...

Union women and child development minister Annapurna Devi on Wednesday launched the “Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat Campaign” or child marriage free India campaign portal “to help girls achieve their potential ...

Rights activists have lauded a top court order to prevent child marriages in India, where over 1 million children entered into wedlock in the 2023-24 period. The Supreme Court on Oct. 18 said child ...

Rukhmabai Raut, married at 11, became the first woman in India to legally obtain a divorce, defying societal norms and ...

In Sepahijala, where 51 percent of girls face child marriage and 26 percent experience teenage pregnancy, 10 villages have no ...

A shocking case of child marriage has surfaced in Chariatpur village under Kalgachia police station in Barpeta district, ...

Speaking about the way forward towards making the state child marriage-free by 2030, Ribhu said, “Without strong enforcement, child marriage will keep pulling girls out of schools and into recurring ...

Nagpur: The District Child Protection Unit, under the office of district women and child development officer, organised a ...

What is justice? A verdict, a rescue, a punishment? Perhaps it is when a culprit is held accountable, a child pulled from the grip of traffickers, or an adolescent girl freed from abuse. Each ...

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, the 19th-century scholar and reformer, transformed Indian society by championing widow remarriage, ...

Police are probing a child marriage after a 13-year-old schoolgirl was allegedly forced to marry a 40-year-old man by her mum. The minor, living in the village of Rangareddy, India, returned from the ...