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Jharkhand is the state with highest child marriage rates in India (14.1%), while Kerala is the only state where child marriage rates have increased in recent years. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Jammu and Kashmir was reported to be the only state with lowest child marriage cases at 0.4% in 2009. [ 3 ]
Vision statement: 'Yuwa, which means "youth" in Hindi, works specifically with girls from impoverished families in rural Jharkhand, India—a place where girls are at risk of child marriage and human trafficking. It is a program that uses team sports and education to build character, confidence, and courage.
There are seven kinds of marriage recognized in the Santal community, each with its own degree of social acceptance. The most elaborate kind of marriage is the hapramko bapla, or ancestor's marriage, but the most widely practiced is kesimek'. In this form of marriage, a boy and girl who wish to marry decide to go to the groom's house and stay ...
The Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929 provides the legal age of marriage is 21 for males and 18 for females. [21] On 11 December 1992, India signed the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child subsequently passing the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2000, which was replaced by an act of the same name in 2015.
Jharkhand is the state with highest child marriage rates in India (14.1%), while Kerala is the only state where child marriage rates have increased in recent years. [50] [51] Jammu and Kashmir was reported to be the only state with lowest child marriage cases at 0.4% in 2009. [50]
Kodarma, Jharkhand, India. Alma mater. Ranchi University (PG) Source: [1] Annpurna Devi Yadav[2] (born 2 February 1970) is an Indian politician who serving as 5th Minister of Women and Child Development since 2024. [3] She is also a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha (lower house of the Parliament of India) from Kodarma, Jharkhand in which she ...
e. Child marriage is a marriage or domestic partnership, formal or informal, between a child and an adult, or between a child and another child. [ 1 ] Although the age of majority (legal adulthood) and marriage age are typically 18 years old, these thresholds can differ in different jurisdictions. [ 2 ] In some regions, the legal age for ...
Jharkhand (/ ˈ dʒ ɑːr k ə n d /; [8] Hindi: [d͡ʒʱɑːɾkʰəɳɖ]; lit. ' the land of forests ') is a state in eastern India. [9] The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south.