Child marriage

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Civil society leaders have called to end child marriage and the practice of chhaupadi in Karnali.

The second municipality-level adolescent girls' conference took place at Dhawalagiri rural municipality-7, Takam in Myagdi.

A public awareness campaign on ending child marriage has been organized

A law prohibiting child marriage was signed by President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte and came into force on Thursday, making child marriage illegal in the country.

Chief District Officer and Superintendent of Police have started reaching out to the school for the reduction of child marriage and prevention of drug addiction.

It has been three years since Saru Rasaili, 20, of Munaki in Dhaulagiri Village Municipality-3 became a mother. Malika-1, who got married at the age of 16, became a mother at the age of 17.

The Lumbini Province government has launched a strategy to end child marriage in the province.

Emphasis has been laid on increasing awareness from the family level to end violence and discrimination against girls.

Police have arrested three people involved in a child marriage from Pakahamainpur Rural Municipality-1 in Parsa district.