-Factly.in The Phase-1 findings of the 5th edition of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) were recently released. For the first time, the survey captured data on the proportion of the adult population suffering from lifestyle-induced diseases like Diabetes & Hypertension. The data reveals the growing risk of such diseases in India. Here is a detailed review. The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare recently released key findings of Phase-1 of the...
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Meet the interfaith couple who moved HC to do away with clause in Special Marriage Act: ‘Discourages those like us’ -Sofi Ahsan
-The Indian Express The objections are limited to technical aspects like soundness of mind, age and existence of any spouse of the parties intending to register the marriage but the notice at times becomes a reason for life threats for couples fleeing their homes and wanting to marry as per their own choice. NIDA Rahman and Mohan Lal met in 2011 in a Delhi college and fell in love. Their religious identities...
More »Move to raise women’s Age of marriage reflects punitive paternalism -Sunny Jose
-The Indian Express The proposed policy, instead of addressing the causes and consequences of under-age marriages, may instead produce adverse, suboptimal outcomes affecting the poor and marginalised the most. Should women’s legal age for marriage be raised? The answer to this seemingly simple question is not so simple, because the question is not simply about replacing age 18 with 21. Rather, it deals with the social origins of a “problem” not easily...
More »Explained: How marriage age and women’s health are linked -Nushaiba Iqbal
-The Indian Express PM Narendra Modi has announced a panel to fight malnutrition in young women and ensure they get married at the right age. A look at how the two are linked During his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said: “We have formed a committee to ensure that the daughters are no longer suffering from malnutrition and they are married off at the right age. As soon as the...
More »Increasing Age of marriage will be exercise of carceral power by state which will disproportionately affect Dalit, Adivasi women -Shalini Nair
-The Indian Express Efforts to address child marriage in India should be in consonance with the socio-economic realities that demand investment in education, welfare, and opportunities for women. If Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s emphasis in his Independence Day speech on raising the legal Age of marriage for women to 21 years is any indicator of the path the task force set up for this purpose is likely to tread, it needs to...
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