Rekha, a resident of Kotturu village in Chillabakkapura district left home two years ago after she scored 74% in SSLC exam
Tag: Child marriage
Brave 15-year-old girl escapes marriage by calling child helpline
The girl who is a class 10 student was to give her last exam but her parents refused to let her go for the exam as it was her wedding day
Married at age of 10 months, Urma ends shackles of child marriage
Jodhpur, After suffering for 18 long years after being married off at a tender age of 10 months, 19-year-old Urma Bishnoi has finally ended the shackles of child marriage. Urma, who is from Kaparda village in Jodhpur, was married off to a boy from the same village in 1999 when[Read More…]
Kerala: More child marriages reported in unexpected places
The world is moving in a progressive direction leaving behind the traditions that held people captive to continue to practice irrespective of its ill-effect. However, the villages in Kerala’s Southern District of Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, and Alappuzha have seen a revival of the ancient custom of child marriage. The National[Read More…]
Meet Kriti Bharti, woman who battled personal odds to become crusader against child marriages
Jaipur: Her struggle for survival began even before she was born. Her own family members wanted to kill her in her mother’s womb after her father abandoned them. Rajasthan-based Kriti Bharti had been fighting ever since — which eventually led her to battle for those who are are let down[Read More…]
Rajasthan: Court annuls over a decade old child marriage
A family court in Rajasthan on Thursday annulled the marriage of a girl which took place when she was only three years old. The girl is now 17 years old. The teenaged girl with the support of NGO Saarthi Trust founder Kriti Bharti fought a legal battle to get the[Read More…]
Rukhmabai Raut, India’s first practicing woman doctor who also fought child marriage!
Google on Wednesday dedicated a special doodle to mark the 153rd birth anniversary of medico Rukhmabai Raut, who proved instrumental in getting the obnoxious practice of child marriages banned not only in colonial India but the entire British Empire. The Hindu woman also excelled as one of the first practicing[Read More…]
Minor refuses child marriage, family throws her out of house
In a horrifying incident, a 15-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh was beaten up by family members after she ran away from her home a day before her marriage and returned only after it was called off. Geeta (name changed), wanted to continue her education against her family’s wishes, who wanted[Read More…]
Govt must ban Triple Talaq if Muslims fail to change the law: M Venkaiah Naidu
Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said on Saturday that the government must take steps to the ban the practice of Triple Talaq if the Muslim community fails to change the practice. “It is for the society to take up the issue and it will be good if the (Muslim) society[Read More…]
Malaysia refuses to criminalise child marriage
In Malaysia, which is Muslim-majority country, a law on sexual offences against children has been passed. However, to our surprise, it doesn’t criminalise child marriage. A Malaysian MP said girls as young as nine were “physically and spiritually” ready for marriage. Shabudin Yahaya, a member of the Barisan Nasional coalition,[Read More…]