"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. The author has given significant suggestions as to actions which can be taken by interested persons and NGOs to challenge and change the existing situation. It also contains a powerful critique of the state of the law, the lacunae in it as well as the confusions, contradictions, and lack of gender sensitivity inherent in the provisions of various statutes dealing with the age of marriage, the age of consent, and the validity of marriage. It shows how the practice of child marriage reinforces the basic problem of low levels of health, and education among women. The book focuses in particular on the devastating effects of such marriages on the health and development of the girl child.
It shows how child marriage violates every human right to which a child is entitled: the right to health, to education, to equality, to liberty and security of the person and of course the right to make a free and informed choice of a spouse. Le informazioni nella sezione "Riassunto" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.This book places the subject of child marriage firmly within the context of international human rights. This book will interest students and scholars of law, gender studies, and sociology, as well as activists and NGOs working with children and women. Child Marriage in India: Socio-legal and Human Rights Dimensions - Jaya Sagade - Google Books Child Marriage in India: Socio-legal and Human Rights Dimensions Jaya Sagade Oxford. It also discusses the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006. The new epilogue highlights the latest developments in India in context of child marriage. The role of civil society in challenging the status quo is also highlighted. It examines domestic law in the context of international human rights law, and shows how the custom violates every human right to which a child is entitled, including the right to health, education, equality, liberty, and security of person, and of course, the right to make a free and informed choice of a spouse. Jaya Sagade provides a powerful critique of the state of Indian law-the lacunae, confusions, contradictions, and lack of gender sensitivity inherent in the provisions of various statutes which deal with the age of marriage, of consent, and the validity of marriage. It goes on to establish that child marriage has a devastating effect on the health and overall development of the girl child. This book provides a thought-provoking analysis of the reasons why such marriages, which effectively deprive children of their childhood, in particular the girl child, are allowed to take place. Despite the existence, since 1929, of legislation banning it, child marriage continues to be a social reality today.
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