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Sold as a child bride, escaped at 15: How Payal Jangid became the voice against child marriage
In a village in Rajasthan where child marriage was once seen as tradition rather than unlawful, resistance was almost unthinkable. Yet one teenager chose to say no. Payal Jangid, who was once expected ...
Jyoti Thorat (left), a sugarcane worker who was married as a child bride, prays with her husband, Ravindra, in their home at Kathoda village in Beed district of India ...
With the help of a local charity and child marriage activist, 18-year old child bride who was married off at just 11 months finally wins her freedom. After 18 years of persecution, Santadevi Meghwal ...
A fresh push by Zimbabwean government to tackle child marriage could land guardians like Mhlongo in trouble in the southern African nation where child marriage is rife. Mhlongo, who was Tlou's ...
Socio economic factors have driven this trend, with 70 per cent of child marriages falling in this age group: Officials ...
Mumbai, April 18, 2026: In view of the age-old practice of organising weddings on the auspicious Akshaya Tritiya day, which falls tomorrow, the state administration has been asked to be vigilant to ...
In this article, the author examines how Iraq’s Personal Status Code has weakened legal safeguards for women and girls, particularly by facilitating child marriage and creating a parallel religious ...
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