Every third child bride in the world is Indian: report

[Rakshas]

Around 75% of all child marriages took place in rural areas
With over 10 crore Indians, including 8.5 crore girls, being married off before they turn 18, every third child bride in the world is an Indian, a report has found.

The report, titled ‘Eliminating Child Marriage in India’, was released by ActionAid India on Friday and analyses data on child marriages based on the 2011 Census.

Some improvement
The report found that there had been some improvement in the age of marriage, but that India still accounted for about 33% of all child marriages in the world. Of the married female population in India, 30.2% had been child brides.

The report also found that 75% of all child marriages took place in rural areas as on 2011. The number was even higher for the period between 2007 and 2011, at 82%.

Uttar Pradesh accounted for the highest percentage of child marriages in India, at 16.6%.

In fact, U.P., Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Bihar, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh accounted for 70% of all child marriages in India as of 2011.

While releasing the report, chairperson of ActionAid India Shabana Azmi said that there was a need to address the underlying causes of child marriage.

“Patriarchy is at the root of child marriage, and patriarchy has to be tackled to eliminate child marriage. Spreading education and building confidence among girls enables them to resist child marriage and chart their own lives,” she said.

‘Economic problem too’
The author of the report, Dr. Srinivas Goli, of Jawaharlal Nehru University’s Centre for the Study of Regional Development, said that child marriage was not only a human rights or gender issue, but had an impact on the country’s progress as well.

“Women are half of the population and if we cannot combat child marriage, it may increase the extent of unhealthy and unskilled labour force. This can be a great hindrance to the economic prospects of the country,” said Dr. Goli.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities...dian-report/article19333880.ece?homepage=true

 

[Trango Towers]

without scoring points........this is very sad and happens in all developing countries including pakistan. this has to be tackled.

 

[INDIAISM]

Every 6th person in the world is Indian...That means almost every 3rd Female in the world is also Indian....

 

[Mo12]

Every 6th person in the world is Indian...That means almost every 3rd Female in the world is also Indian....

Well said, percentages not hard numbers should be used in analysis.

For example here is a wrong sounding stat... India is the biggest muslim nation in the world

 

[maximuswarrior]

Every 6th person in the world is Indian...That means almost every 3rd Female in the world is also Indian....

We get it. Now the child brides are justified... Excellent excuse. Just have a large population and use it to justify mass rape, discrimination, killing, child bride marriages etc.

considering India is like 20% of the worlds population and child marriage is predominantly in Africa-south Asia , i'm not surprised

LOL so this little warmonger wants to wage wars against Pakistan, but this is his excuse for the shameful state his country is in LMAO

 

[INDIAISM]

We get it. Now the child brides are justified... Excellent excuse. Just have a large population and use it to justify mass rape, discrimination, killing, child bride marriages etc.



LOL so this little warmonger wants to wage wars against Pakistan, but this is his excuse for the shameful state his country is in LMAO

Look who is talking atleast child marriage is illegal in our country on the other hand when i googled Child Marriage with your country this is what i got

https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/www....ails-in-pakistan-after-its-deemed-un-islamic/

 

[El Sidd]

Every 6th person in the world is Indian...That means almost every 3rd Female in the world is also Indian....

Child bride?

By that logic every Indian marriage is an act of oppression?

 

[Zee-shaun]

Well this will shut up some indian trolls.

 

[Reichsmarschall]

i'm willing to bet child marrife and child rights are 10x worse in pakistan.

not-so-fun fact 90% of pakistani homeless kids are raped

http://www.inquisitr.com/1475457/ho...rcent-of-1-5-million-homeless-children-raped/



I'm a citizen of UK chap, i give a rats *** about some nutcase 10000 miles away. but one the other hand you live in Pakistan a country worse than India in nearly every field

@waz @WAJsal @Zaki here we have one more self-proclaimed White Christians European Citizens

 

[faithfulguy]

Well said, percentages not hard numbers should be used in analysis.

For example here is a wrong sounding stat... India is the biggest muslim nation in the world

No, Indonesia has the largest Muslim population in the world.

 

[duhastmish]

Sad state of affair. This is happening and undeniable.

It's one of the worst acts which are still practiced amoung common people.

Pointing finger at Pakistan won't change the problem in India.

 

[Zibago]

CHILD MARRIAGE AROUND THE WORLD
Child marriage is a truly global problem that cuts across countries, cultures, religions and ethnicities. Child brides can be found in every region in the world, from the Middle East to Latin America, South Asia to Europe.

20 COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST RATES OF CHILD MARRIAGE*

http://www.girlsnotbrides.org/where-does-it-happen/

 

[waz]

@waz @WAJsal @Zaki here we have one more self-proclaimed White Christians European Citizens

He's an Indian. I'll get the flags changed.

 

[Trango Towers]

CHILD MARRIAGE AROUND THE WORLD
Child marriage is a truly global problem that cuts across countries, cultures, religions and ethnicities. Child brides can be found in every region in the world, from the Middle East to Latin America, South Asia to Europe.

20 COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST RATES OF CHILD MARRIAGE*
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http://www.girlsnotbrides.org/where-does-it-happen/

thankfully pakistan isn't there

 

[Jinn Baba]

Every 6th person in the world is Indian...That means almost every 3rd Female in the world is also Indian....

Didn't get good grades in math, did you?