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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | One-fifth of girls become mothers before adulthood, says report by Aarti Dhar

One-fifth of girls become mothers before adulthood, says report by Aarti Dhar

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published Published on Apr 27, 2012   modified Modified on Apr 27, 2012

As many as 30 per cent of adolescent girls in India (aged between 15-19 years) were married, and at least 22 per cent women aged 20 to 24 became mothers before attaining adulthood in India, says a UNICEF report.

The report by UNICEF, based on a survey conducted in the period 2000-2010, says only five per cent of male adolescents were married when compared to girls.

Released globally on Thursday, the report says 47 per cent women who are 20-24 years old, were married before they were 18 years old, and 18 per cent of women aged 20-24 years were married or were in union before they were 15 years old.

The UNICEF report said between 2005 and 2010, eight per cent of female adolescents aged 15-19 had sex before the age of 15, as compared to only three per cent for male adolescents.

Shockingly, the report suggests that between 2002 and 2010, as many as 57 per cent male adolescents aged 15-19 thought a husband is justified in beating his wife under certain circumstances. So do 53 per cent of female adolescents.

On the justification of wife beating, the report also mentions that 54 per cent of women aged 15-49 years consider a husband to be justified in hitting or beating his wife for at least one of the specified reasons — if his wife burns the food, argues with him, goes out without telling him, neglects the children, or refuses sexual relations. The UNICEF report also states that 12 per cent of males and females in the country between 2000 and 2010 were involved in child labour.

The Hindu, 27 April, 2012, http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article3358624.ece


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