The woman risking it all to help child brides annul their marriages
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In India, child marriages are valid but voidable. Kriti Bharti is working tirelessly to make sure young women know the law that makes it possible for them to leave
As of 2017, 223 million girls and women who were married off before their 18th birthday lived in India, according to the United Nations agency, UNICEF. Only a fraction of the children entered into child marriages are boys. Between April 2019 and March 2020, Childline India received nearly nine times more complaints about the child marriage of girls than of boys.
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