In India, child marriages are still common, with families often seeing them as a way out of poverty — despite being illegal under the age of 18. ... See map of impacted states.

For the study, the researchers used data from all five waves of India’s National Family Health Survey, from 1993, 1999, 2006, 2016, and 2021The study found that between 1993 and 2021, child ...

Even though the prevalence of child marriage declined in India from 49.4% in 1993 to 22.3% in 2021, a Lancet Global Health study revealed that in the last eight years, ...

GUWAHATI: A crackdown on illegal child marriages in India’s northeast has resulted in nearly 5,000 arrests, after 416 people were detained in the latest police sweep, a minister said today.

Only 155 cases of child marriages in the state were registered in 2021, and 138 in 2020, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. In India, the legal marriageable age is 21 for men and 18 ...

GUWAHATI, India – A crackdown on illegal child marriages in India’s north-east has resulted in nearly 5,000 arrests, after 416 people were detained in the latest police sweep, ...

A person holds a sign that reads "Stop Child Marriage" during an event in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia on March 6, 2022. New Hampshire's child marriage ban took effect on January 1.

India: Crackdown on underage marriage, 1,800 men arrested 02/03/2023 February 3, 2023. Police in the state of Assam began arresting over 1,800 people violating underage marriage laws.

Indian police have arrested more than 2,000 men in a crackdown on illegal child marriages involving girls under the age of 18 in a ... Over 2,000 Arrested in India in a Single Day as Police Crack ...