US EditionIndian activists seek to save child brides
- Indian activists, including Tatwashil Kamble and Ashok Tangde, work to stop child marriages amid widespread poverty and social resistance.
- Their efforts respond to high rates of underage marriage in India, where at least 1.5 million girls marry annually despite a legal ban before age 18.
- Kamble's team receives daily calls during wedding season about illegal marriages, prompting interventions despite physical threats from community elders.
- Payal Jangid, recognized at the 2024 Goalkeepers Awards, helped make her village widows awareness day free of child marriage and advocates for children's rights.
- These efforts illustrate ongoing challenges but highlight activists' success in protecting girls’ futures against entrenched poverty-driven child marriage practices.
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It's Time to Break the Silence
There are an estimated 258 million widows around the world, and nearly one in ten live in extreme poverty (The Loomba Foundation, 2024). According to Nepal’s 2021 Population Census, widows constitute 6.6% of the female population, more than one in every 15 women. The majority of women (71%) marry between the ages of 15-24, with 23% marrying even earlier, often before the age of 15. This early marriage sets the stage for vulnerability; these girl…
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