Tag: Child marriage

United Nations: India has co-sponsored a resolution in the UN General Assembly proclaiming November 27 every year as the International ...

Nabarangpur: Nabarangpur district continues to record the highest incidence of child marriage in Odisha, despite sustained awareness campaigns and government ...

Bhubaneswar: On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Bal Vivah Mukti Rath—a massive awareness campaign against child marriage concluded its ...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida Saturday said that 12 of the state's 30 districts registered a higher rate ...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: UNICEF Saturday lauded Odisha’s efforts in establishing a number of advocacy groups that have significantly helped curb child ...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has reported at least three child marriage cases every day during the last six years, despite several initiatives ...

Polasara: Officials of the Ganjam District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) intervened and stopped a child marriage while it was taking ...

Bhubaneswar: Society for Enlightenment and Voluntary Action (SEVA), an Odisha-based NGO and the Child Marriage Free India (CMFI), in an ...

New Delhi: With the dissolution of the 17th Lok Sabha, a bill that aimed to bring uniformity in the age ...

New York: Child marriage in continue to be prevalent with one in five girls and nearly one in six boys ...