89 child marriages stopped
The Hindu
As many as 109 child marriages were reported in Shivamogga district in the last one year. The district administration could stop 89 of them, based on prior information. This came up for discussion in a meeting chaired by Shyamala S. Kundar, member of National Women Commission, in Shivamogga on Friday.
While reviewing the programmes related to women, Ms. Kundar pointed out that there was a need for strict measures to stop child marriages. “The officers have to respond to complaints of child marriages in a short span of time and stop them. Besides that, programmes to spread awareness among the public on the issue was necessary”, she said.
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