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  • child prostitution in India, NGOs and social activists, child prostitution a splotch on indian nation, Child marriages

    Child prostitution, a splotch on Indian nation 18 July 2011

    Child prostitution has become a common commercial phenomenon in most of the countries and we find very few countries where it is not an organized trade. No doubt, it is a centuries-old social problem that has gradually sustained and spread...

    Keywords: Child prostitution, misuse of political power and child marriages, child prostitution in India, Child prostitution

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    child prostitutes, dowry, southern cities turn centers of child prostitutes, Child marriages

    Southern cities turn centers of child prostitutes 19 July 2011

    Five to six years ago, the age group of child prostitutes in India varied from 14 to 16 years but unfortunately this has now decreased to 10 to 14 years. In some cities, even the girls of 9 years old...

    Keywords: dowry, misuse of political power and child marriages, Child prostitution, NGOs and social activists

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    child marriage is humiliating, child marriage is crime, child marriage is mortifying, Child marriages

    Child marriage is mortifying! 31 May 2013

    Ratnarashi had to undergo distress yet she never turned back Ratnarashi Pande who happens to be a woman from Bhopal known to have unyieldingly fought as well have won a court war for all child bride victims the right to...

    Keywords: highest judicial authority, child marriage is crime, madhya pradesh, supreme court

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    birth registration, United Nations, india second in child marriages, Child marriages

    India, second in child marriages 12 September 2014

    According to a UN report India had the highest number of unregistered children under age five between 2000 and 2012 and is the second-highest in number of child marriages. The report also said, along with India, Afghanistan, Bangaldesh and the...

    Keywords: Child Marriages, UNICEF, South Asia, India Child Marriages

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    early marriages, International Day of the Girl Child, child marriages old evils die hard, Child marriages

    Child Marriages: Old evils die hard 11 October 2012

    Pune Municipal Corporation had conducted the annual Family survey which has revealed a shocking news. The old evil which has been driven out of the nation with stringent laws prosecuting the violators  is still practiced by a large number of...

    Keywords: , International Day of the Girl Child, Family Survey, Family Survey

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    remarriages, remarriages, illegalities mark kalyanamasthu, Child marriages

    Illegalities mark Kalyanamasthu 20 May 2011

    Kalyanamasthu programme, ambitiously launched by the TTD administration a few years ago with a view to unite couples belonging to the middle classes and poor families with its own expenditure , has become a tool in the hands of some...

    Keywords: illegalities in Kalyanamasthu, minor marriages in Kalyanamasthu, Kalyanamasthu, minor marriages in Kalyanamasthu

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    child marriages, contract marriage, old city contract marriages, Child marriages

    Old city contract marriages 04 April 2015

    At Kanchanbagh, the Hyderabad Cops took four people into custody who are connected with this case in particular on  Friday.   Connected with the contract marriage, Shek Mohammad (60) offered to pay Rs.1 lakh to marry an 18 year old girl....

    Keywords: contract marriage, old city, Hyderabad police, old city

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