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    Child marriages: The plight of child grooms nobody talks about
    (Child Rights and You (CRY), 2019-01-16) Moitra, Soha
    Statistics point out that Rajasthan sees one of the highest instances of child marriage in the country. While the conversations largely revolve around girl children, the boys in the state are at the risk of being married off before their 20s too. National Family Health Survey data indicates that 35 per cent of the women aged between 20 and 24 years who were surveyed were married before 18 years. Thirty five per cent of men aged between 25 and 29 years who were surveyed were married before age 21 years as well.
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    Girls, not brides
    (CRY - Child Rights & You, 2017-07-21) Ganotra, Komal
    Lack of education tampers with ability to refuse sex with a partner or to ask him to use a condom Over 13 million adolescent girls between 10 and 19 years–equivalent to the population of South Sudan–were married in India in 2011, according to census data, but fewer literate women were married as children or had children early compared to those who were illiterate
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    National Girl Child Day 2020
    (Child Rights and You (CRY), 2020-01-24) Moitra, Soha
    गाँव मे फ्रॉक मे खेलती बच्चियाँ भी थीं, निक्कर और शर्ट मे खेलते बच्चे भी और उन्हें संभालती साड़ी वाली महिलाएं भी. लेकिन गायब थीं तो सिर्फ ‘सलवार कमीज़’ वाली किशोरियाँ. संस्था चाइल्ड राइट्स एंड यू (CRY) की क्षेत्रीय निदेशक सोहा मोइत्रा बता रही हैं ये चिंताजनक कहानी...