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United for Change: Faith Leaders from 9 Religions Join Forces to End Child Marriage

Child Marriage Free India (CMFI) Campaign

Child Marriage is a social malpractice that adversely impacts the Health, Education and Protection of the children involved. In India -

On an average 16,21,257 girls (below the age of 18) getting married every year. (Census, 2011)
23.3% of women (between the 20-24 age group) were married before they turned 18 (2019-2021, NFHS-5).
Infant mortality, a consequence of child marriage, which stands at 45 per 1,000 live births (by mothers below 20 years of age) as compared to 33 (by mothers between the age group of 20-29 years) (2019-2021, NFHS-5).

Elimination of child marriage is a prerequisite to achieving at least 11 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).

CMFI is striving to bring behaviour and systematic change required for a lasting sustainable impact on child protection issues through legal deterrence and awareness generation.

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Media Updates

Delhi court sentences man to 10 years in jail for raping minor in 2017

Road map to child marriages free India

Gonda minor reports her own marriage, gets to go back to school

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Journey So Far...

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Stories

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...

Minor Girl Saved from Tying the Knot with a Married Man

17-year-old Kalpana’s (name changed) marriage was fixed to a boy from Uttar Pradesh against her will. The marriage was to take place on...

Timely Intervention Saves Minor Girl on the Brink of Getting Married

Timely efforts of our field activists successfully averted a potential child marriage in Hiraj village, located in Maharashtra’s Solapur...

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