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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.
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.
8 de sept. de 2020 · Nearly 27 per cent women aged 20-24 years were married before attaining 18 years of age. The prevalence of female child marriage, however, declined by 20 per cent in the past 10 years, according to the International Institute for Population Sciences and ICF International Inc in 2017.
22 de ene. de 2021 · January 22, 2021. By Anisa Begum. The sexual objectification of women is a key reason. Child marriages have been prevalent in India for several centuries. It had become a norm in society to get underage children betrothed in a matrimonial union. Yet, most of the child marriages were between child brides and much older men.
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 ...
