Report

Reducing child marriage in India

A model to scale up results.

Lipika Morah with children during her storytelling session at Govindapur Moraline Primary School, Bandarchalia Tea Garden in Jorhat, Assam. — UNICEF/UN032724/Singh

Highlights

Prevalence and trends of child marriage: Child marriage remains widespread in India, where about 30 per cent of all women 20-24 years of age were married before reaching their 18th birthday. Child marriage rates declined by 1 per cent per year between 1990 and 2005. Over the past decade, the rate of decline has accelerated to about 2 per cent per annum. The decline has been particularly pronounced among girls below the age of 15 years.

Cover page of the report.

Author

UNICEF

Publication date

February 2016

Languages

English

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