Child marriage is a violation of children’s rights that exposes them to crime, exploitation, and abuse. Both girls and boys are affected by child marriage, but girls are disproportionately affected. A girl who is married as a child is more likely to drop out of school, not work, and not contribute to her society. She […]
Do you remember the time in school when you first read about leaders like Gandhi getting married when he was just a child? His wife too was a child then! Were you shocked, surprised, disgusted, or amused? When the realization dawned on you that he or his wife were the same age as you are […]
History of the legal age of marriage In India, marriage as an institution plays a major role in the development of an individual. Marriage is considered to be a sacred ceremony in some religions, and a spiritual contract in other religions. After independence, the Indian Constitution laid down in its preamble the core principle of secularism. As […]
On 7 February 2020, a bill on the Two-Child-Policy was introduced as a private member bill in the Rajya Sabha by the Member of Parliament Anil Desai. This is a Constitution (Amendment) Bill and seeks to bring amendments to article 47. The short title of the bill is ‘Duty of the State to promote small […]
Playing with dolls is something most of us have done growing up. Child marriage was nowhere in our minds. We revelled in our games: to set up our own world of imagination and to have our dolls play the characters we want to. We name the dolls, we make them have doll marriages, have them […]
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