19 Oct, 2013
Resolution on child brides: India has let down its girl children – Hindustan Times
Most children have at some point of time played ‘house’, designating roles of husband and wife to dolls, making them cook invisible food in miniature utensils, often adding a baby doll to the family. Now replace these dolls with real children, and it is not a cute game anymore.
It is the ugly face of child marriage. With 24 million child brides — representing 40% of the world’s 60 million child brides — India leads the world in this gross violation of human rights.
In such a scenario, India’s refusal to co-sponsor the first-ever global resolution for elimination and prevention of forced child marriages at the United Nations General Assembly last week has raised serious questions about its political commitment to end this problem that has far-reaching negative effects on young girls — far more girls are forced into a child marriage than boys.
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