Pregnant 15-Year-Old Minor Girl Saved from the Clutches of her Abuser
A disheartening incident emerged from West Bengal’s Sakam Forest village, where a 15-year-old girl was not only lured into child marriage...
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4,91,25,475
Pledges against Child Marriage
49.12 million pledges taken pan India against child marriage
Child Marriage Free India Campaign
Child Marriage Free India (CMFI) is a nationwide campaign led by women leaders and a coalition of more than 161 Civil Society Organisations spanning 265 districts working to eliminate child marriage in India. CMFI is working to attain the tipping point of child marriage, after which the society does not accept this evil practice and that will happen when the prevalence of child marriage is brought down to 5.5% by 2030, from the current national prevalence rate of 23.3%. This is being done by initially targeting 257 high-prevalence districts and gradually focusing on all the districts of the country.
Our Goal: Reduction of Child Marriage to 5.5% by 2030
23.3%
of women aged 20-24 years got married before 18
(NFHS 5, 2019-21)
1.5 million
United Nations Children's Fund estimates suggest that at least
girls under the age of 18 years get married every year
(UNICEF, 2020)
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