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Indian Activists Seek To Save Child Brides

Jyoti Thorat (left), a sugarcane worker who was married as a child bride, prays with her husband, Ravindra, in their home at Kathoda village in Beed district of India's Maharashtra state (Credit: AFP)

When wedding season comes in India, the phone of child rights activist Tatwashil Kamble never stops ringing with appeals to stop girls from being married off due to poverty.

Kamble said he has helped stop thousands of illegal marriages in India, where nuptials before the age of 18 are banned.

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