child marriage prevention

What happens when one district decides it won’t let its daughters become child brides? In Sepahijala, IAS officer Siddharth Jaiswal’s mission has already saved 100 children — and is rallying entire villages.

Meet three women sarpanches from Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh who are transforming rural India. One rescued a child bride. One broke caste barriers. One led menstrual health drives. Together, they show how women-led governance brings dignity, inclusion, and bold change where it’s needed most—at the heart of India’s villages.

The child marriage preparations were already in progress, when the cops stepped in.