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Decline in Child Marriages
March 8 , 2018
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- UNICEF has appraised India for a sharp decline of 20 per cent in child marriages during the last decade.
- According to UNICEF, India saw a sharp decline in child marriages over the last ten years with 27% of girls getting married before their 18th birthday as against 47% a decade ago.
- Globally, the proportion of girls who were married as children decreased by 15% in the last decade, from 1 in 4 to approximately 1in 5.
- Also 25 million child marriages were prevented globally in the decade of 2005-06 to 2015-16.
- The largest reduction was seen in South Asia with India being at the forefront.
- The UN children's agency stated the following reasons for the decline,
- Increasing rates of girls’ education
- Proactive government investments in adolescent girls
- Strong public awareness about the illegality of child marriage and the harm it causes
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