Chapter 1

Chapter 2 CHILD MARRIAGE

Chapter 3

Chapter 4
IN INDIA
Chapter 5
PRESENTATION BY
NURUL KHALINA
 WHAT IS CHILD MARRIAGE ?
Meaning of child Statement of
Objectives
marriage in india the Problems
Chapter 1

Chapter 2
It refers to a social phenomenon
Chapter 3 practised in some societies in India,
where a young girl (below the age of
Chapter 4 fifteen) is married to an adult man.
One another form of practice of child
Chapter 5
marriage is that in which the parents of
the would be bride and groom arrange
a future marriage.
 WHY IS CHILD MARRIAGE A 
PROBLEMS ?
Meaning of child Statement of the
Causes
marriage problems
Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3 • Child marriage traps girls and their families in a cycle of poverty.

Chapter 4 • Child brides are more likely to contact HIV/AIDS. 

• Child marriage locks away women's enormous potential to help solve

Chapter 5
global problems.

• Child marriage is a major barrier to achieving gender equality. 

 CAUSES OF CHILD MARRIAGE
Background of Statement of
Causes
the Study the Problems

1. LEGAL LOOPHOLES AND

PARENTAL CONSENT 5. CONFLICT 

2. LACK OF BIRTH
REGISTRATION 4. MENSTRUATION

3. CLIMATE CHANGE
 EFFECTS OF CHILD MARRIAGE
She normally tends to have more children and
• Fall in High fertility age unwanted pregnancy. Lack of access to modern
group medical facilities to avoid or postpone pregnancy,
Chapter 1 women are forced to have pregnancy and carry the
child
Chapter 2

Chapter 3 • Inabilities to plan Young girls exercise less influence and control over
or manage families their children and have a less ability to make
Chapter 4 decision about their nutrition, health care and
household management.
Chapter 5

• Desire for male child Due to desire for male child, young girls and
women are forced to conceive as many as she can
till she gives birth to a male child
 WAYS TO PREVENTING CHILD 
MARRIAGE :
SUPPORT ADOLESCENT
Chapter 1 EDUCATE GIRLS GIRLS WHO ARE
ALREADY MARRIED
Chapter 2

Chapter 3
SUPPORT LEGASLATION
Chapter 4 EDUCATE PARENTS AGAINST CHILD
MARRIAGE
Chapter 5

MOBILISE RELIGIOUS SUPPORT ANTI-CHILD

LEADERS AND MARRIAGE CHARITIES &
COMMUNITY ELDERS ORGANISATION
 THE LAW AGAINST CHILD MARRIAGE
IN INDIA
Chapter 1
The Child Marriage Restraint Act of 1929
Chapter 2
 The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act,
Chapter 3 2006
Chapter 4  Applicability
Chapter 5  Legal Action on Legal Confusion
 CEDAW
 CONSEQUENCES OF CHILD MARRIAGE
1) Early maternal deaths
Girls who marry earlier in life are less likely to be informed
Chapter 1
about reproductive issues and because of this, pregnancy-related
Chapter 2 deaths are known to be the leading cause of mortality among married
girls between 15 and 19 years of age. These girls are twice more likely
Chapter 3 to die in childbirth than girls between 20 and 24 years of age. Girls
younger than 15 years of age are 5 times more likely to die in
Chapter 4 childbirth.
Chapter 5 2) Infant health
Infants born to mothers under the age of 18 are 60% more likely to
die in their first year than to mothers over the age of 19. If the
children survive, they are more likely to suffer from low birth
weight, malnutrition, and late physical and cognitive development.
 CONSEQUENCES OF CHILD MARRIAGE
3) Fertility outcomes
Chapter 1 A study conducted in India by the International Institute for
Population Sciences and Macro International in 2005 and 2006
Chapter 2 showed high fertility, low fertility control, and poor fertility outcomes
data within child marriages. 90.8% of young married women reported
Chapter 3
no use of a contraceptive prior to having their first child. 23.9%
Chapter 4 reported having a child within the first year of marriage. 17.3%
reported having three or more children over the course of the
Chapter 5 marriage. 23% reported a rapid repeat childbirth, and 15.2% reported
an unwanted pregnancy. 15.3% reported a pregnancy
termination (stillbirths, miscarriages or abortions). Fertility rates are
higher in slums than in urban areas.
 CONSEQUENCES OF CHILD MARRIAGE
4) Violence
Chapter 1 Young girls in a child marriage are more likely to experience
Chapter 2
domestic violence in their marriages as opposed to older
women. A study conducted in India by the International
Chapter 3 Centre for Research on Women showed that girls married
Chapter 4
before 18 years of age are twice as likely to be beaten,
slapped, or threatened by their husbands and three times
Chapter 5 more likely to experience sexual violence. Young brides
often show symptoms of sexual abuse and post-traumatic
stress.
 QUESTION :)

Chapter 1
1. State two causes of 2. Give one effect of
Chapter 2 child marriage. child marriage.

Chapter 3 Answer : Answer :

- conflict  - Desire of male child
Chapter 4 - climate change - Fall in high fertility age group
- menstruation - inability to plan or manage
Chapter 5 - legal loopholes and parental families.
consent
- lack of birth registration.
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