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

June 12 is World Day Against Child Labour. A large percentage of India’s children continue to be employed as child labour in various forms, and it is up to everyday citizens to break this vicious practice.

Low weight and premature birth are prime reasons why 26% of global neonatal deaths occur in India. Meet the good Samaritans trying to change that.

The student from Chandigarh sprang into the spotlight when she invented GreenWood using rice waste, which she hopes will offer low-cost building solutions for the future.

Across rural Koraput, women have led the movement against open defecation although it’s never easy to wipe out centuries of set behavioural practices.

Children are the custodians of the future, and empowering them with information that helps them become changemakers can go a long way to improving society. A UNICEF initiative is now doing just that in Maharashtra’s rural districts.

An innovative design that saves water and turns human refuse into an useful resource, Ecosan toilets can help India meet the new Sustainable Development Goals while supporting the Indian government’s vision of a cleaner, healthier society.

The Balmitras are trained as part of a Government of Maharashtra's Women and Child Development (WCD) department and UNICEF intervention, initiated in November 2014, which focuses on preventing unsafe seasonal migration of children for sugarcane harvesting.

Sometimes, all it takes to save a child from abuse is to identify and then report the case. Here are a few things to keep in mind while looking for signs of abuse and reporting it.

Govt of India and UNICEF will now be sending videos to rural women to spread awareness about health and nutrition. The videos are in 18 languages and women even get an incentive of Rs. 10 for watching them.