Women Protection Secretaries of Gram (village) and Ward sachivalayams have been urged to step up vigil and act as convenors of child marriage prohibition and monitoring committees in the State while closely monitoring and preventing child marriages.
A one-day workshop on the role of Women Protection Secrerataries, also known as Mahila Samrakshana Karyadarshulu (MSKs), in preventing child marriages, was organised by Child Rights Advocacy Foundation (CRAF), a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) here on Wednesday.
Speaking at the workshop, SCPCR Member, G. Seetaram lauded the role of NGOs in monitoring child marriages and asked the MSKs to create awareness among the villagers against child marriages.