Human rights organization releases research data for campaign against early marriage
MUMBAI: In a bid to put an end to the issue of early marriage, global human rights organization Breakthrough
disseminated extensive data that emerged during the research for their
latest campaign 'Nation against Early Marriage' in New Delhi recently.
The campaign has been launched to combat the issue of early marriage, by
addressing it as a societal malaise blighting the lives of thousands of
young girls across India. Breakthrough also released a formative
research, a baseline summary report in association with Catalyst
Management Services & Praxis on its initiative to address this
issue.
"Early marriage usually means a very early start to a series of human rights violations and deprivations that affect girls and women throughout their lives. Research conclusively highlights a snapshot of trends observed such as psychological trauma, poor level of education and personal growth among women, practice of dowry, desire for male progeny, premature and continuous childbearing that affects maternal and child mortality, sexual harassment thus an aftermath of early marriage," a press statement said.
On the occasion of the launch of the campaign at the Ford Foundation, Sonali Khan, Vice-President and Country Director-India, Breakthrough said, "Young people are not provided with the freedom of expression; they need a voice to raise the issue of early marriage. The biggest challenge is to infuse a sense of confidence in the young ones especially girls to raise their voices against any harassment. We are mobilizing communities through art, culture and media; to take bold action for dignity, equality and justice. We have looked at a comprehensive strategy for targeting audience at multiple levels, providing them a platform to speak about the ills of early marriage."
Rashmi Singh from NMEW (National Mission on Empowerment of Women) who spoke during the programme said, "One of the biggest problems faced by the government today is to bring in the change in behavior and attitude of the people. All the issues associated with the girl child are inter-linked; however, the issue of the early marriage is one of the key issues to be centered around. Though building advocacy is one aspect of bringing a change, but the other significant aspect is to make people aware of the enforcement mechanisms and the processes involved in it. Within the government too, the problem needs to be looked at holistically in order to achieve the outcome desired. Hence, we need to join hands and work in collaboration with various agencies like Breakthrough to implement a joint action plan on such issues."
"Early marriage usually means a very early start to a series of human rights violations and deprivations that affect girls and women throughout their lives. Research conclusively highlights a snapshot of trends observed such as psychological trauma, poor level of education and personal growth among women, practice of dowry, desire for male progeny, premature and continuous childbearing that affects maternal and child mortality, sexual harassment thus an aftermath of early marriage," a press statement said.
On the occasion of the launch of the campaign at the Ford Foundation, Sonali Khan, Vice-President and Country Director-India, Breakthrough said, "Young people are not provided with the freedom of expression; they need a voice to raise the issue of early marriage. The biggest challenge is to infuse a sense of confidence in the young ones especially girls to raise their voices against any harassment. We are mobilizing communities through art, culture and media; to take bold action for dignity, equality and justice. We have looked at a comprehensive strategy for targeting audience at multiple levels, providing them a platform to speak about the ills of early marriage."
Rashmi Singh from NMEW (National Mission on Empowerment of Women) who spoke during the programme said, "One of the biggest problems faced by the government today is to bring in the change in behavior and attitude of the people. All the issues associated with the girl child are inter-linked; however, the issue of the early marriage is one of the key issues to be centered around. Though building advocacy is one aspect of bringing a change, but the other significant aspect is to make people aware of the enforcement mechanisms and the processes involved in it. Within the government too, the problem needs to be looked at holistically in order to achieve the outcome desired. Hence, we need to join hands and work in collaboration with various agencies like Breakthrough to implement a joint action plan on such issues."
by the times of india
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