Introducing The Effort to Reduce Child Marriage in India from The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women (HERO).Follow the show: The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women (HERO)The battle against child marriage around the world seems to be gaining some traction. According to the latest UNICEF data, about 1 in 5 young women between the ages of 20 and 24 were married as children. This represents a 5 percent decrease from a decade ago.
The negative impact of child marriage is widely documented. Child brides suffer domestic violence more often, drop out of school in greater numbers, and are more likely to experience poverty. Curbing child marriage is a United Nations sustainable development goal.
India accounts for some of the progress. While Indian girls still account for one-third of child brides in the world, the prevalence of child marriage there has declined about 7 percent in the past eight years.
On today’s episode of the Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women, we’ll hear how India has been able to reduce its child marriage rates. First, host Reena Ninan revisits a conversation she had in Season 2 with Mabel van Oranje, the founder of Girls Not Brides and the global movement VOW for Girls.
Then, journalist Ayushi Shah reports on a girls’ support group organized by the Indian nonprofit Child Rights and You (CRY) in the village of Tondar—and specifically how members of the group help girls resist pressure from their families to marry young.
The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs at Northwestern University.
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Oh my gosh you guys!! Great episode!! I listen to you while I'm out walking and I seriously just laugh out loud so much. Luckily noone was around when I was listening to the part about the tennis moans.....holey moley....I was dying. Also, side note on the messing with your kids part. My husband and I have made up words that we've used forever. We didnt really do it on purpose to mess with our kids....we are just weird...lol! Unfortunately the kids have had some run ins with this when they use a made up word because they think its real and their friends are like....WHAT Is THAT? Haha!! Now the kids ask if a certain word is real or made up...so funny. Thanks so much for keeping us laughing!
I want to hear Trey say "literally" correctly. 😂