-PTI The mass-Marriage of many young girls on March 11 is likely to usher in a social revolution in the lives of women of Sarania community in Vadia village of Banaskantha district, where prostitution is a "tradition" and a means to earn bread for their families. Vadia is a small village in Tharad block of Banaskantha, about 210 km from here, comprising of people from Sarania community, a de-notified tribe (DNT). For...
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Unicef ranks India poorly in child mortality by Sonal Matharu
Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh fare better India is now ranked among the 50 nations with highest under-five child mortality rate. It has been placed at number 46 in the list of 193 countries. India’s neighbours Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh protect their newborns much better and rank 52, 59 and 61 respectively, according to Unicef’s latest ranking. The report—State of the world’s children 2012: children in an urban world— was released on...
More »In India 22% of mothers under 18: Unicef report-Kounteya Sinha
Modern India continues to be plagued by social and health ills like child Marriage, early motherhood and domestic violence. Latest data in the "State of the World's Children report 2012" released by Unicef on Wednesday shows that almost 22% women in India, who are now aged between 20 and 24 years gave birth to a child before they turned 18. Almost 45 among every 1,000 births are born to mothers in the...
More »Panchayat forces family to cancel wedding of 2 daughters by Deepender Deswal
A family called off the wedding of their two daughters a day before the Marriage was scheduled to be solemnized, after they were pressurized by the panchayat of Jalalpura Kalan village of Jind district to do so. The Marriages of the two girls which were set to take place on Thursday were cancelled on Wednesday after members of Bhayan and Jaglan gotras of the panchayat directed them to call off...
More »Now, women can retain their maiden name by Swati Deshpande
Women in Maharashtra have another reason to celebrate as International Women's Day approaches. It is now perfectly legal for a woman to retain her maiden name after Marriage. The Bombay high court recently amended a crucial rule under the Family Courts Act to prevent a woman from being compelled to file any Marriage-related proceedings only in her husband's surname, thus offering relief to many seeking a divorce. It will also help...
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