Tag: Marriage age

By Yaqoob Murtaza Recently, the Centre has decided to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years to reduce maternal mortality and undernutrition as well as to provide better opportunities for them to educate and to empower themselves. Various organizations and women’s rights activists have opposed this move but on the other hand, many have supported this. There are various social and legal reasons to oppose this bill and why the measure will not really address issues women have been facing for a long time. Does...