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Issue of Child Marriage in Rajasthan :
Child marriage is defined by India’s Child Marriage Prohibition Act 2006 as the marriage of girls under 18 years of age, and marriage of boys below 21 years of age. Although efforts to reduce child marriage in India have sharply accelerated over the past two decades, raising the median age of marriage of both girls and boys to over 18, the country still accounts for close to 40% of the world’s child marriages with one-in-five girls married before the age of 15.
Child marriage does not occur in isolation and is perpetuated by a multiplicity of complex factors. Available research evidence on factors that contribute to this practice indicates that a range of social and economic factors sustain this practice. The commonly identified factors include patriarchal structures, norms and expectations, socio-cultural and religious customs and practices, poverty and economic factors, notions of safety and security, lack of awareness. Investing in adolescents, particularly adolescent girls, accelerates the process of empowering them with the knowledge, skills and assets necessary to help them fulfil their dreams and maximise their potential. Unless concrete steps are taken and strategies adopted to end child marriage, these dreams will remain unrealised. Girls who are married young are exposed to violence, isolation and confinement. The lack of support from family and community often leads to extreme sexual violence and harassment. Rajasthan has been and continues to be a high prevalence state for child marriage in India; the prevalence being much higher than the national average. Widely accepted, child marriages are part of the societal fabric. It is common practice to get children about law and lack of access to education and skill training. However, the significance of a particular factor may vary from one context to another as well as from region to region.
As per latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4 2015/16), while child marriage overall has declined substantially over the last ten years, an average of 26.8% of women between the ages of 20-24 were still married before age 18 (relative to 47.4% a decade earlier). In Rajasthan, the numbers fell from 65.2% to 35.4% over this period, but it still remains in the bottom quartile of states across India.
Rajasthan has been and continues to be a high prevalence state for child marriage in India; the prevalence being much higher than the national average. Widely accepted, child marriages are part of the societal fabric. It is common practice to get children married on auspicious days such as AkshayTritiya/AakhaTeej and Peepal Purnima and even during Mrityubhoj/Mausar (death feast organised when a family member dies) as a cost saving measure. The practice of atta–satta (exchange of brides) is also common in the state.
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