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Bihar hotspot of child marriage

'Child marriages are a gross injustice to children as it proves devastating for their lives,' state minister for social welfare Damodar Rawat said.

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Bihar is one of the hotspots of child marriage in the country and on an average marriages of 67% of girls below 18 years of age are solemnised every year, state minister for social welfare Damodar Rawat said.

"Child marriages are a gross injustice to children as it proves devastating for their life," he said during a workshop on 'Prevention of Child Marriages' jointly organised by the Women Development Corporation of Bihar and the UNICEF.

"It is the need of the hour to prevent such marriages,'' he said adding that the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, was not being enforced properly.

Rawat said that his department had launched a 'Kanya Vivah Yojana' to provide financial help to those who marry after the age of 18 years.

He stressed the need for initiating a multi-sectoral dialogue on the issue, understanding the prevailing situation, mechanisms and structures available for the prevention of child marriage and to develop a plan of action based on the deliberations from the consultative process.

He also laid emphasis on designing an effective mechanism for proper implementation of Bihar State Child Marriage Act and developing a coordination mechanism within stakeholders for collaboration and partnership to prevent child marriages in Bihar.

 

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