Huffington Post: Married Young: The Scourge of Child Brides in South Asia

Child marriage is both the symptom of a patriarchal society unwilling to let women progress and the cause of other gender-based issues such as economic marginalization and poor health care. It will be impossible to completely eradicate child marriage without changing archaic social values in South Asian society.

11 October 2014 is the International Day of the Girl Child. Will this New Year be a harbinger of positive change? 

Here is a link to my article.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/siddharth-chatterjee/married-young-the-scourge_b_4560523.html

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