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More than 14,000 child marriages stopped this year
Updated On: 18 July, 2024 07:18 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Civil society and panchayats play key role in combating child marriage; report calls for faster trials and better victim support
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NCPCR Chairperson Priyank Kanoongo, Activist and Child Marriage Free India campaign Founder Bhuwan Ribhu and others release the report
More than 14,000 child marriages have been prevented across 265 districts in 17 states and Union Territories by civil society, a report by an NGO said.
According to the report by the India Child Protection (ICP) research team which was released by child rights body the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), 59,364 child marriages were prevented with the help of panchayats in 2023-24.
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