Mysore/Mysuru: With schools reopening fully after a gap of over one-and-a-half years, Child Development Project Officers (CDPOs) and officers from Women and Child Welfare Department of Mysuru are hoping to see a drastic decline in child marriages. Ever since the pandemic began, there has been a dramatic spurt in child marriages where a majority of…
Mysore/Mysuru: “Do not give your consent for marriage if you are below 18 years. Inform the Children Helpline or inform us if you are forced to get married by your parents or relatives,” advised North Zone Block Education Officer (BEO) Jagadish to girl students. He was speaking at the Open House programme organised by Rural…
Mysore/Mysuru: The deadly COVID -19 pandemic has taken the playful and joyous moments of children,as the State reportedly witnessed a rise in under-age marriages amidst the COVID crisis, with parents eager to marrying off their girl children even before they attain the legal age for marriage. In Mysuru District, the District Child Protection Unit received…
• 234 child marriage complaints received; 204 weddings stopped • Shocking statistics emerge at Zilla Panchayat monthly meeting Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka saw a sharp rise in child marriages during the Coronavirus lockdown period last year with maximum children married off within four months (April-July), according to the Karnataka High Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR). …
Mysuru/Mysore: A forcible child marriage has been stopped by the District Police, after the would-be minor bride’s friend tagged the message of her friend seeking help to the Bengaluru City Police Facebook page. The Bengaluru Police, who responded to the alert, contacted Mysuru District Police, who have successfully stopped the marriage. The marriage of…
Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abhiram G. Sankar has asked the officials concerned to administer an oath daily at schools on prevention of child marriage. He was addressing a meeting at his Office here on Wednesday with Officers of Department of Women and Child Development, Department of Public Instruction and District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) to…
Chamarajanagar: A birth certificate or an SSLC marks card are valid documents to determine the age of a child or a person. Birth registration has the potential to play a crucial role in reducing child marriage. But here is a case where the SSLC marks card was tampered with to marry off a minor girl. …
Mysuru: Hundreds of school students took out an awareness rally sensitising public on prevention of child marriage, protection of children rights and compulsory education, from Highway Circle to Bal Bhavan at Bannimantap in city on May 14. They rally was organised by Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS), Magic Bus Foundation of India and Department of Public…
Mysuru: Stressing on the need for launching more awareness programmes on child marriage, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar has called for strict measures to prevent child marriages. Chairing a meeting of the District Co-ordination Committee of the Women and Child Welfare Department at the DC’s office here on Thursday, the DC said that child marriage…
58 cases reported in Mysuru in the last 10 months Mysuru: Principal Civil Judge Senior Division Sunil A. Shettar disclosed that Karnataka State is still witnessing 23 percent of child marriage though the State and Central Governments have enacted various laws for prevention of the same. He was speaking at the one- day workshop on…
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