Though young girls are disproportionately affected and are more likely to be forced to marry an adult much older than them, young boys also get trapped into child marriage. Boys account for one in seven of the 765 million child marriages worldwide. read more

Rationalist Narendra Nayak said if this belief was correct then the state government should have held prayers in January to ensure rains throughout the year instead of conducting the exercise just before the advent of the monsoon. read more

The number of girls in India in the age group of 15-19 years who are currently married, is down 51 per cent since 2000 and 63 per cent since 1990. read more

This means the progress in India alone accounts for nearly three-quarters of the global reduction in teenage births during this period. read more

Used to seeing his own photos on splashed on billboards, either related to movies or elections, Dev could not find a single election graffiti or poster anywhere in Pingla’s Naya village, a small hamlet that is home to only 76 families, on April 26. read more

Early marriage is not responsible for the low female labour force participation. Blame the male backlash effect for it. read more

Happy Women’s Day: For them, education is the first priority. They said no to child marriage and preferred her academics over marriage. read more

Enacting the Women’s Reservation Bill would be the next step in translating the Mahatma’s vision on gender into reality read more

Earlier, girls were married off early due to poverty, lack of education and poor awareness, but now fear of crime against women has come as a new force to push girls into early marriages. read more

The Jharkhand-based NGO that was awarded the Laureus Sport for Good award 2019 has been changing lives of young women through football. read more

Uttar Pradesh is home to 8.5 crore children and one in every five girls here is a child bride, according to government of India’s National Family Health Survey. read more

Parul Verma, 16, of Shravasti district, who warded off marriage before she reached the legal age, is now leading the way in the crusade against child marriages in her village read more

The Uttar Pradesh government and stakeholders of the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj launched a Guinness world record attempt with a massive signature campaign on Tuesday, aiming to make the state and the rest of India free of child marriage by the next Kum... read more

The summit was organized under the joint auspices of the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA) and Parmarth Niketan, with technical support from the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) and UNICEF. read more

Shreya led a group of girls, including Laxmi Karmakar, to Rabni’s house and met her mother as her father was working in the farmland. read more