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China's adviser pushes lower legal marriage age to 18 to boost birthrate
February 25, 2025 10:07 am
The legal age for marriage in China is 22 for men and 20 for women, amongst the highest in the world, compared with most developed countries where the legal marriage age is 18.
Decode Politics: Himachal raises minimum age of marriage for women to 21, and why own party ‘surprised’
August 29, 2024 4:24 am
A Central proposal for this failed in the last Modi government, as Cong raised concerns, especially as regards Muslim personal law; Himachal BJP backs Sukhu govt’s move, calling it ‘technically our party’s law’
As Uttarakhand UCC set to retain women marriage age, a look at stand of parties
November 12, 2023 1:26 pm
BJP-ruled Uttarakhand is set to convene a special Assembly session to pass UCC Bill based on expert committee report, which retains women's minimum marriage age at 18.
Putting up with patrilocality
April 09, 2023 8:38 am
Patrilocality is crucial to sustaining the preference for male children and the practices of affording better food, health and educational facilities to sons vis-à-vis daughters.
Supreme Court junks PIL seeking uniform age of marriage
February 21, 2023 7:03 am
Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud presiding over a three-judge bench made the comments as the bench was hearing a PIL by Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay seeking uniform age of marriage for men and women.
Why SC will examine the question of age of marriage of a Muslim woman
October 17, 2022 7:06 pm
Can the personal law of a religion override the provisions of the law to prevent child marriage? Courts have differed in the past, and the NCPCR has challenged a decision of the Punjab and Haryana HC.
Parliamentary panel that will examine bill to raise legal age of marriage has one woman member out of 31
January 03, 2022 1:18 pm
According to the members' list of the parliamentary standing committee, TMC MP Sushmita Dev is the only woman among the 31 members.
Why raising marriage age of women won’t achieve its stated goal
December 22, 2021 9:28 am
Shireen Jejeebhoy writes: Women’s empowerment, given as the rationale behind the move, requires removing structural inequalities, not just a waving of the legislative wand
PM Modi takes swipe at rivals for criticising move to raise marriage age for girls
December 21, 2021 8:53 pm
Addressing a large gathering of women in Prayagraj in the run-up to the UP Assembly polls, Modi said the country was witnessing the work being done for women empowerment in the state.
Don't just raise minimum marriage age, also address lack of access to education, jobs: experts
December 19, 2021 9:09 pm
On December 15, the Union Cabinet cleared the proposal to raise the minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years.
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