higher risks of unwanted pregnancies and female sterilization.
used no contraception before they had their first child,
violation of human rights.
grave health consequences for both the girl and her children
more likely to experience complications
Of these, 22.6 percent were married before they were 16, 44.5 percent were married when they were between 16 and 17, and 2.6 percent were married before they turned 13.
India introduced laws against child marriage in 1929 and set the legal age for marriage at 12 years. The legal age for marriage was increased to 18 years in 1978.
and rural, poor, less educated girls and those from central or eastern regions of the country were most vulnerable to the practice, the researchers wrote.
large numbers of pubescent girls aged 14 to 15 years,
economic development gains have failed to help rural and poor populations,
Notes - 21.3% of slum dwellers perform child marriage - migrant communities do child marriages more often - children are married off to get rid of the burden of taking care of a child - there is a "sense of security" attached with marriage - child marriages occur in patriarchial societies of india.
- Erica Martelly
on 2009-05-04
Notes - 22.6% of girls were wed before 16 -2.6% wed before 13 - child brides were 37% more likely NOT to use contraception - child brides are 7 times more likely to have THREE OR MORE births - 3 times more likely to have another child in 24 months - child brides are at a greater risk to fistula and death in childbirth -More health problems for the bride and her children - Child marriage stunts education - Child marriage is reducing slightly. Has reduced only a little since 1999
- Erica Martelly
on 2009-05-04
- 21.3% of slum dwellers perform child marriage
- migrant communities do child marriages more often
- children are married off to get rid of the burden of taking care of a child
- there is a "sense of security" attached with marriage
- child marriages occur in patriarchial societies of india. - Erica Martelly on 2009-05-04