With law enforcement officials committing to take strict legal action to #EndChildMarriage in India, we will create #ChildMarriageFreeIndia by 2030

Bhuwan Ribhu Activist Lawyer Child Marriage Free India Ministry of WCD

Ground report on #HumanTrafficking from South 24 Parganas: Experts feel that the massive destruction and displacement caused by Cyclone Remal in the district, has made its population more vulnerable to crimes like #HumanTrafficking .

With its extreme vulnerability to climate

'We acknowledge that #childmarriage hinders the physical & mental development of children & therefore fully support the collective action to #EndChildMarriage in India. The district administration has our full support & we will ensure that #childmarriage cases are reported in our

Strengthening Law Enforcement Responses to #CombatHumanTrafficking

In one of the major rescue operations last week, Shakti Vahini in partnership with West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh police rescued a 17-year-old minor girl from Noida, who went missing from Dakshin Dinajpur in West

Together we will #EndChildMarriage by 2030 in India
#JustRightsforChildrenAlliance #ChildMarriageFreeIndia Bhuwan Ribhu Activist Lawyer Ministry of WCD Child Marriage Free India UNICEF India NCPCR UNICEF South Asia @UNICEF UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme End Child Marriage

We are happy to be among 200 plus Grassroots organisations from across the country who are leading the fight against #childmarriage
Together we will #EndChildMarriage by 2030
#JustRightsforChildrenAlliance #ChildMarriageFreeIndia Bhuwan Ribhu Activist Lawyer Ministry of WCD

Child rights for decades was a non-issue for the media and hardly found any space in the news. But not anymore!
Today the country’s most prominent newspapers are putting them on their front pages and when the headline is bold, loud and clear, our message cannot remain unheard.

अक्षय तृतीया के अवसर पर गुरूग्राम से पंडित जी श्री रमेश द्विवेदी जी का मनना है कि 'बच्चे के लिए उसके माता और पिता दोनों ही शत्रु हैं जब तक वे उन्हें पुर्ण् तरह से शिक्षा न दे पाये और उसे पहले उनका बाल विवाह कर दें

This #AkshayaTritya , we are strengthening the efforts of Haryana

With momentous participation, religious leaders from West Bengal are coming forward in support of #ChildMarriageFreeIndia . They are taking pledge to not solemnize any #childmarriage in their village & will immediately report them to the concerned authorities.

Let us make a

In Haryana, this #AkshayaTritya , Shakti Vahini is partnering with District Administrations, to strengthen the efforts of the Haryana State Women and Child Development Department to #EndChildMarriage & contribute towards creating a #ChildMarriageFreeIndia .

We are working with

'I urge people to #stopchildmarriage as it affects health & well-being of both the mother & child. I take pledge for #ChildMarriageFreeIndia & will inform adminis of #childmarriage in my area'- Religious leader Md. Ismail, D. Dinajpur

SHAKTI VAHINI Bhuwan Ribhu Child Marriage Free India

'हम जब भी किसी शादी समारोह में जाते हैं तो सबसे पहले लड़के और लड़की की उम्र देखते हैं। बाल विवाह एक कानून अपराध है।हम इसके खिलाफ हैं। आप सब से निवेदन है कि इस प्रथा को रोका जाए और समाज को एक सभ्य दिशा की ओर मोड़ा जाए'

Strengthening efforts for government responses to

With unprecedented support for #ChildMarriageFreeIndia campaign, religious leaders from West Bengal are putting posters before temples declaring their support to #EndChildMarriage in India & taking pledge to report any such incident of #childmarriage identified in their area.

Dedicated efforts of law enforcement leads to rescue of a minor girl who was missing since 5 months

In a late night rescue operation, Haryana police, West Bengal police & Shakti Vahini was successful in rescuing a minor girl from Purba Medinipur, who was trafficked during the

With unprecedented support for #ChildMarriageFreeIndia campaign, religious leaders from West Bengal are putting posters before temples declaring their support to #EndChildMarriage in India & taking pledge to report any such incident of #childmarriage identified in their area.

'हम जब भी किसी शादी समारोह में जाते हैं तो सबसे पहले लड़के और लड़की की उम्र देखते हैं। बाल विवाह एक कानून अपराध है।हम इसके खिलाफ हैं। आप सब से निवेदन है कि इस प्रथा को रोका जाए और समाज को एक सभ्य दिशा की ओर मोड़ा जाए'

Strengthening efforts for government responses to

In Haryana, this #AkshayaTritya , Shakti Vahini is partnering with District Administrations, to strengthen the efforts of the Haryana State Women and Child Development Department to #EndChildMarriage & contribute towards creating a #ChildMarriageFreeIndia .

We are working with

Debabrata Panda, a Hindu priest in Purba Medinipur's Amdamad village, who is part of a nationwide #ChildMarriageFreeIndia campaign, told This Week In Asia he checks the birth certificate of the bride and the groom before solemnizing a marriage and urged his fellow priests to do

POCSO Act’s aim cannot be ignored merely because abusers marry minor victims to escape conviction: Supreme Court thehindu.com/news/national/…