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14 de jun. de 2017 · The legal age for marriage in India is 18 years for women and 21 years for men. Although child marriage is on the decline, nearly a third of all wedded women were married before they had turned...
UNICEF defines child marriage as a formal marriage or informal union before 18 years of age, because it can lead to a lifetime of suffering for girls who are more likely to experience domestic violence or die due to complications in pregnancy and childbirth.
10 de may. de 2011 · A 2011 data sheet called `The World's Women and Girls', released by the Washington-based Population Reference Bureau, shows that 47% of women in India between the ages of 20 and 24 were married by 18.
India is home to the largest number of child brides in the world: 223 million child brides – a third of the global total. While it is illegal for girls under the age of 18 to marry in India, estimates suggest that at least 1.5 million girls under age 18 get married in India each year.
5 de nov. de 2020 · The number is based on household surveys. And South Asia is home to the largest number of child brides, says UNICEF. Of 650 million women and girls in the world who were married before their...
INDIA. Minimum legal age of marriage for girls: 18 | with exceptions: n/a. Current levels of child marriage. 88.0 million. Burden of child marriage. married before age 15. Figure 1. Number of girls and women of all ages who were first married or in union before ages 15 and 18. married before age 18. 216.6 million.
10 de feb. de 2023 · Our findings showed that nearly one-fourth (23.2%) of women currently aged 20–24 (NFHS–V) were married before the legal age of marriage despite India’s several national and international commitments. The higher proportion of women marrying before 18 years appears as a bottleneck in national legislation to eliminate child ...
