Waqf Board meeting with qazis on Child Marriage Bill
The Hindu
Telangana State Waqf Board Chairman Mohammed Saleem on Tuesday convened a meeting with qazis of the State to discuss the implications of the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill which seeks
Telangana State Waqf Board Chairman Mohammed Saleem on Tuesday convened a meeting with qazis of the State to discuss the implications of the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill which seeks to increase the age of marriage of women from 18 year to 21 years.
Qazis, and the process of solemnising Muslim marriages, attached to the TSWB by means of the Qazath Section.
Mr Saleem said the Bill is now being scrutinised by a parliamentary panel which will take a decision. He emphasised that at this juncture, the age at which women can get married remains 18 years. He stressed that coming to a conclusion for the parliamentary panel is time consuming.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.