UNICEF released a report called 'Child Marriage-2011 Factsheet'
Recently, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has released a report, 'Factsheet Child Mariages 2019', under which it is said that child marriage is still going on in many areas of India. It has been said that during the past few decades, the rate of child marriage has declined in India, but this practice is still in Bihar, Bengal and Rajasthan.
UNICEF report in reference to India
According to UNICEF's report poverty, low levels of education of girls, understanding girls as financial burdens, social practices and traditions are the main reasons for child marriage. Laws prohibiting child marriage in India was first passed in 1929. It was later amended in 1949, 1978 and 2006. Under the new Act of Child Marriage Prohibition Act 2006, it has set a fine of Rs one lakh for two years in jail for getting child marriage.
Recently, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has released a report, 'Factsheet Child Mariages 2019', under which it is said that child marriage is still going on in many areas of India. It has been said that during the past few decades, the rate of child marriage has declined in India, but this practice is still in Bihar, Bengal and Rajasthan.
UNICEF report in reference to India
- According to UNICEF's report, this bad practice of child marriage in Bihar, Bengal and Rajasthan is prevalent among tribal communities and certain castes including Scheduled Castes.
- It has been said in the report that the rate of child marriage decreased due to improvements in the rate of girl child education, the government's investment and welfare programs for the welfare of the juvenile and giving publicly effective message against this mischief. is.
- According to the report, in 2005-2006, where 47 per cent girls got married before the age of 18, the figure was 27 per cent in 2015-2016.
- According to UNICEF, the trend of child marriage rates is decreasing in all other states but in some districts child marriages still remain high.
- At present, there are around 65 crore girls / women who have been married before the age of 18, whereas in the case of getting girls married in childhood, this number is about 1.2 crore per year.
- Child marriage rate in South Asia is 40 percent (global rate), while sub-Saharan Africa has a child marriage rate of 18 percent (global rate).
- The situation of child marriage in Latin America and the Caribbean has not changed.
- In the last decade, the rate of child marriage has decreased by 15 percent, of which around 2.5 crore children are prevented from getting married.
According to UNICEF's report poverty, low levels of education of girls, understanding girls as financial burdens, social practices and traditions are the main reasons for child marriage. Laws prohibiting child marriage in India was first passed in 1929. It was later amended in 1949, 1978 and 2006. Under the new Act of Child Marriage Prohibition Act 2006, it has set a fine of Rs one lakh for two years in jail for getting child marriage.
