More than half of the child marriages are here, Bihar is second!
More than half of the child marriages are here, bihar is second!Child marriage means marrying a child under the age of 18 to an adult or another child. This is a social problem. This is an injustice to children and also a violation of their rights. The whole world wants to end this evil. A target has been set to completely eliminate it by 2030.Child marriage becomes a big obstacle in the education of girls. Most unmarried girls go to school, but among the girls who get married, less than 2 out of 10 are able to continue going to school. people often think that only girls get married at an early age, but it is not so. Boys also get married. Whether it is a boy or a girl, marriage should not happen until they grow up, it is their right.Where are the most child marriages in the world?According to UNICEF's Ending Child marriage 2023 report, child marriage is a serious problem in India. One-third of the child marriages happening across the world happen in india (23%). The highest number of cases, 51%, are in Bangladesh. This is followed by 33% in Nepal, 28% in Afghanistan, 26% in Bhutan. india ranks 5th in terms of child marriage among the eight countries of South Asia.In india, almost one in every four girls gets married before the age of 18. The rate of child marriage is different in different states. Today, the cases of child marriage have reduced compared to previous generations. It has decreased rapidly in the last 15 years. While in 2001, 49 percent of girls were married before the age of 18, in 2021 this figure has come down to 23 percent. Compared to other countries in South Asia, india has made a lot of progress in this matter. The average annual reduction rate of child marriage in india is 4.9%. This is more than most countries in South Asia. maldives has the highest rate of reduction in child marriage (13.4%), but the number of child marriages there was very low from the beginning.