The ill practice of Child marriages continues to be practised in the State if the numbers provided by the officials are any indication. The Women Development and Child Welfare (WD&CW) Department officials have revealed that about 1,130 child marriages were prevented in the last year.
“Majority of the child marriage victims were from broken families, semi-orphans and orphans. In many cases, the bride was aged below 15 years,” said an NGO representative working to eradicate child marriages.
The lack of coordination between the Education, WD&CW, Endowments, Police and other concerned departments is a reason for the prevalence of the problem, say representatives of child rights organisations.
