On October 11, the world celebrated the International Day of the Girl Child. On that date, Save the Children released its ‘Global Girlhood Report 2021: Rights of Girls in Crisis’, which said that pregnancies caused by child marriages lead to 22,000 girls dying every year. The Wire‘s Mukul Singh Chauhan speaks to former National Commission for Women member Shamina Shafiq and activist Bharti Ali to understand the problem of child marriage and all its aspects.
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The Wire’s Mukul Singh Chauhan speaks to former National Commission for Women member Shamina Shafiq and activist Bharti Ali to understand the problem of child marriage and all its aspects.
