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  • Andhra Pradesh tops southern states in child marriage

    Andhra Pradesh tops southern states in child marriage

    Puttaparthi(Sri Satya Sai district): Child marriages are rampant in all the districts but the undivided Anantapur has the dubious distinction of leading AP State by registering 37.3 per cent, way back in 2019-20, according to National Family Household survey. It was 29 per cent in 2015-16 and it was increased to 8 per cent in between 2015-16 and 2019-20.

    The Women and Child Welfare department claimed that the number of child marriages came down due to their efforts. The lowest is 22 per cent in West Godavari in the State. In districts including Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Srikakulam, East Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasham, Nellore, Chittoor, Kadapa and Kurnool, the percentages range between 23 to 36.

    ICDS Project Director BN Sridevi claimed that they have stopped as many as 2,218 child marriages during the past five years. The ICDS has been making efforts in this direction, but the National Family Health survey indicates a surge in child marriages in the State. The figures prove that child marriages are a phenomenon in AP as well as in other States.

    Among the Southern States, AP tops while Kerala has registered the lowest rate of 6 per cent. AP occupies 6th place in the country

    HANDS project director Kondappa told The Hans India that most of the child marriages were foiled by the ICDS authorities, who are authorised to stop these marriages. HANDS is working along with the ICDS to educate rural populace and even stop child marriages that were fixed. Replying to a question as to why the parents were prompted to marry off their daughters before 18 years of age, Kondappa said there were several compulsions including insecurity, as the parents have to leave their daughters at house when they go to work and they were afraid of sexual exploitation by boys. Other reasons include love affairs, possibility of girls succumbing to pre-marital teen age sex and pre-marital pregnancies etc, which force parents to get them married off soon after attaining puberty. Financial burden is also another reason for child marriages. Replying to a question, Kondappa stated that India stands first among the top 10 countries where child marriages are rampant.

    41 per cent of girls will get married far under the age of 18 years in India. 45 per cent of girls below 18 years age are becoming pregnant. In Anantapur district, 4,741 girls are still not attending schools.

  • District administration team stopped child marriage

    District administration team stopped child marriage

    Kawardha. Collector Janmejay Mahobe had organized a district level meeting in the past days and directed the officers of all the departments of the district to keep a close watch on all the marriage events to be held on Akshay Tritiya and to continuously monitor them. So that social evils like child marriage can be stopped completely. According to the instructions received, the nodal department for the prevention of child marriage is the Women and Child Development Department. Women and Child Development Department, District Program Officer, Anand Tiwari, under the leadership of District Child Protection Officer, Satyanarayan Rathore, for monitoring marriage events and activating district development block and panchayat level child marriage prevention committees and their cooperation in view of the possibility of child marriage. Block-wise additional teams of all the employees of the District Child Protection Unit were put on duty.
    In which Kranthi Sahu Protection Officer Institutional and Nitin Kishori Verma Outreach Worker of District Child Protection Unit Kawardha, Rajaram Chandravanshi Protection Officer and Suresh Sahu Social Worker Pandariya, Avinash Thakur Counselor and Shyama Dhurve Outreach Worker Bodla and Parmeshwari Dhurve Social Worker and Vinay Janghel Giving the responsibility of Sahaspur Lohara area to the outreach worker, he was directed to remain active and monitor child marriage prevention by coordinating with Child Protection Committees, Child Marriage Prohibition Officers, Special Juvenile Police Unit and all stake holders in the concerned area. .
    For effective prevention of child marriage, Child Marriage Prohibition Officers, District Child Protection Unit, Child Line and Special Juvenile Police Unit team along with Child Protection Committee and stake holders were deployed under all the police station area of the district and intensive monitoring of rural and urban areas. By appealing to the public representatives and common citizens for the prevention of child marriage, widespread dissemination, distribution of pamphlets, discussion and protection of child rights through various mediums, Child Marriage Prohibition Act and the harm and problems caused by child marriage, information about legal provisions Public awareness program was conducted while giving random checks of marriage events. During the investigation, information was received about the marriage ceremony of two minors under the Sahaspur police station area, which was immediately stopped by the Child Marriage Prevention Team and a declaration letter and panchnama were prepared on the spot, giving strict advice to the families who were secretly getting married. In this way, due to the activation of District Administration, Women and Child Development Department, District Child Protection Unit, Child Line and Special Juvenile Police Unit, success was achieved in stopping the marriage of two minors.

  • Avoid going to marriage of minor girls and boys, can be sentenced to imprisonment for 2 years

    Avoid going to marriage of minor girls and boys, can be sentenced to imprisonment for 2 years

    Raipur. Even today on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya many cases of child marriage come to the fore in the country. Child marriage is not only a social evil but also a crime. This violates the basic rights of children to get good health, nutrition and education and to be protected from violence, harassment and exploitation.

    According to the Child Marriage Prohibition Act 2006, the age of the boy should not be less than 21 years and the age of the girl should not be less than 18 years for marriage. If the age of the bride and groom is less than the prescribed limit, legal action can be taken against the parents, relatives, wedding procession and even the priest who conducts the marriage. Under the Act, if an adult male marries a female below the age of 18 years, he can be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

    The person who conducts, performs or assists child marriage and the person who promotes, permits or participates in child marriage shall also be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or with fine. After child marriage, if the groom or the bride does not accept the marriage, then through friend, guardian or child marriage prohibition officer, or after attaining majority, can file a petition in the court to declare it void.

    If a child is forced, enticed or induced to enter into child marriage or is sold and used for immoral purposes, such marriage is considered null and void. When the marriage is declared void, the money, valuables, jewelry and other gifts exchanged between the two parties also have to be returned. In the Act, the District Officer of Women and Child Development Department has been declared as Child Marriage Prohibition Officer. Information about child marriage can be given to Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Police Station, Anganwadi worker, Sarpanch, Kotwar or regional officer employees of Women and Child Development Department.

  • NCPCR seeks report from Bengal government on child marriage

    NCPCR seeks report from Bengal government on child marriage

    Kolkata (IANS)| The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has sent a notice to the West Bengal government seeking an explanation on allegations of negligence by the state authorities with regard to complaints of child marriages in the state. Sources in the state government said the notice sought a report on action taken by authorities in 1,640 such cases whose details were missing.

    Sources said the NCPCR in its notice has informed that during the 17-month period from April 2021 to September 2022, 6,733 complaints of attempted child marriage were received in West Bengal, of which 4,001 were reported during the 12-month period between April 2,732 complaints were received from April 2022 to September 2022, and the remaining between April 2021 and March 2022.

    According to the NCPCR notice, out of a total of 6,733 complaints received during the 17-month period from April 2021 to September 2022, 5,093 cases were resolved, which means child marriages can be stopped.

    Again, of the 5,093 resolved cases, 2,732 were during the 12-month period between April 2021 and March 2022 and the remaining 2,154 were during the remaining five-month period from April 2022 to September 2022.

    According to the NCPCR, this means there are 1,640 missing case reports during the 17-month period from April 2021 to September 2022, of which 1,062 are during the 12-month period between April 2021 and March 2022 and the remaining 578 from April 2022. The rest are during a period of five months till September 2022.

    Besides seeking clarification from the state government on the status of such cases for which reports are missing, the NCPCR has also directed the state director general of police to initiate legal proceedings under the provisions of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 and the provisions of the Protection of Children . Sexual Offenses Act, 2012 in cases where the report is missing.

    The state government has been directed to respond within 10 days from the receipt of the notice.

    –IANS