child marriage

The law till now gave only the option of voiding the marriage but stopped short of invalidating the marriage itself.

Sushila Bishnoi, who was illegally married at the age of 12, had appealed to the court to dissolve her marriage.

Do shows like Balika Vadhu and Pehredar Piya Ki show that Child Marriage still has social acceptance in India, despite the law banning it?

SNEHA uses a gender-transformative and participatory approach in engaging with adolescents. Shamolie Oberoi narrates a story of how it put a stop to an underage child wedding.

All her nightmares came true at 16, when she was sent to live with her in-laws. But fate and more so, her friends, had a very different plan for her.

Population Foundation of India (PFI) used a television soap opera as a vehicle to raise awareness on vital gender issues, question patriarchial gender norms, and change attitudes among India’s rural poor. Poonam Muttreja, Executive Director of PFI explains how and why they did so.

Once topping the charts in child marriages in the country, Bihar has reduced the incidence of this social evil considerably, helped by innovative interventions such as starting girls clubs for solidarity, and encouraging them to play football.

The villages in the desert of Rajasthan are notorious for child brides, but groups of girls are now banding together to defy and upturn a long-held tradition to assure a new and better future for themselves. Tarun Kanti Bose takes a closer look.

Daimati Santa was to be married off at the age of 16. Today, she is leading the fight against child marriage in rural Odisha.

Palghar, an underdeveloped tribal village from Maharashtra, is breaking age-old traditions and saying no to child marriage.