CONTENTS:- The Marriage; A History of Child Marriage in India; Child Marriage from the 6th Century A.D.-1400 A.D.; Dimensions of the Problem of Child Marriage in India; Causes and Consequences; Sacrificed at the Altar of Marriage; Child Marriage and International Human Rights; Personal Law; Legal Reform, and the Judiciary; Status of Child Marriage in India; Effect of Child Marriage: State Protection and Child Wife; Say no to Child Marriage; Strategies and Future Action.
DESCRIPTION
Child-marriage is another 'blessing' of the medieval age and it was born from the same compulsion that; perpetuated Sate. Child Marriage was not prevalent in ancient India.