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UNICEF India accomplished its ‘scale-up strategy’ to prevent child marriage and increase adolescent empowerment by working with government, partners and relevant stakeholders from the national level down to the district level. The most significant development has been the gradual shift from interventions that are small in scope and mainly ...
Highlights. India has articulated its commitment to eliminating child marriage through numerous policies, laws and programmes; yet, more than one in four young women aged 20-24 was married in childhood (below age 18), and lack of voice in marriage-related decision-making abounds. The persistence of child marriage remains a potential deterrent ...
Child marriage can lead to further isolation from family, friends and communities, and threaten girls’ livelihood and health. In 2016, UNICEF, together with UNFPA, launched a global programme to tackle child marriage in 12 of the most high-prevalence or high-burden countries: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Mozambique, Nepal ...
Nov 11, 2020 · India is home to 223 million child brides. Approximately one in four young women in India were married or in a union before their 18th birthday. To meet the Sustainable Development Goal's target of eliminating child marriage by 2030, substantial acceleration is required. This document profiles India’s child marria...
Nov 11, 2020 · Child marriage is illegal in India. Every child has a right to go to school and not face violence but getting married early often denies them these rights. Every child marriage hurts our entire family and community. When a girl or boy gets married before they turn 18, they are less likely to finish school. This can limit their chances at ...
To meet the Sustainable Development Goal's target of eliminating child marriage by 2030, substantial acceleration is required. This document profiles India’s child marriage scenario among girls and boys, and UNICEF’s work to end child marriage and empower adolescent girls and boys in India. Author (s) UNICEF. Publication date. April 2017.
Nov 2, 2022 · 31 October, Delhi: India has seen a steady decline in the prevalence of child marriage, from 47.4 per cent in 2005 to 23.3 per cent in 2021. [1] Progress in India has led to a 50% decline in child marriage in South Asia. However, the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to roll back the gains made so far. The health, social, political and economic ...
Child marriage refers to any formal marriage or informal union between a child under the age of 18 and an adult or another child. Despite a steady decline in this harmful practice over the past decade, child marriage remains widespread, with approximately one in five girls married in childhood across the globe. Today, multiple crises ...
The 2022 Global Annual Report serves as a testament to the accomplishments of the UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage. It reflects the valuable lessons we've gleaned, our vision for the future, and provides insights into recent trends in child marriage. Despite the significant challenges we confronted in 2022, such as grappling with the impacts of climate change and navigating ...
o end child marriage and promote gender equality and the empowerment of adolescent girls. This technic. l note explores laws and their application and enforcement in relation to child marriage. By unpacki. g the issues, the technical note supports the Global Programme and its partners to gain abetter u. derstanding and be able to develop more ...
