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Child Brides India ADDS

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  • School children participate in an anti-child marriage demonstration, Rajasthan, India, April 25, 2009. The demonstration is held around the Hindu holy day of Akshaya Tritiya, or Akha Teej, a day when child marriage commonly takes place. The protests, which occurred through several villages, were organized by the Shive Health Organization. A recent government survey said 44.5 percent of women aged 20-24 were married before the legal age in 2005-6, down from 54.2 percent in 1992-93.
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  • School children participate in an anti-child marriage demonstration, Rajasthan, India, April 25, 2009. The demonstration is held around the Hindu holy day of Akshaya Tritiya, or Akha Teej, a day when child marriage commonly takes place. The protests, which occurred through several villages, were organized by the Shive Health Organization.
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  • Avika, 12, is prepared for her role as the young bride Anandi in Balika Vadhu, a television show currently being broadcast on Colors TV, Rajasthan, India, April 21, 2009. Assisting her in the dressing room is stylist Razia. The serial is set up in rural Rajasthan and deals with the practice of child marriage, a social custom still prevalent in parts of India. Rahul Chhabra, spokesman for the Indian Embassy in Washington, says his government "is aware of the problem and trying to do its best," imposing jail terms and fines, even for those attending weddings of underage brides.
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  • School children participate in an anti-child marriage demonstration, Rajasthan, India, April 25, 2009. The demonstration is held around the Hindu holy day of Akshaya Tritiya, or Akha Teej, a day when child marriage commonly takes place. The protests, which occurred through several villages, were organized by the Shive Health Organization.
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  • Radha, 15, and Rajni, 5, start preparations for their combined wedding the day before the festivities began, Rajasthan, India, April 26, 2009. Three young sisters Radha, 15, Gora, 13, and Rajni, 5, were married to their young grooms Aleen, Giniaj and Kaushal, who were also siblings, on the Hindu holy day of Akshaya Tritiya, called Akha Teej in north India. The auspicious day is said to bring good luck to couples married then and is widely known in Rajasthan as the day most child marriages occur. Despite legislation forbidding child marriage in India, such as the Child Marriage Restraint Act-1929 and the much more progressive Prohibition of Child Marriage Act of 2006, marrying children off at a very tender age continues to be accepted by large sections of society.
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  • Radha, 15, has the wedding ritual of henna painted on her arms the day before the festivities begin, Rajashtan, India, April 26, 2009. Three young sisters Radha, 15, Gora, 13, and Rajni, 5, were married to their young grooms Aleen, Giniaj and Kaushal, who were also siblings, on the Hindu holy day of Akshaya Tritiya, called Akha Teej in north India. The auspicious day is said to bring good luck to couples married then and is widely known in Rajasthan as the day most child marriages occur. Despite legislation forbidding child marriage in India, such as the Child Marriage Restraint Act-1929 and the much more progressive Prohibition of Child Marriage Act of 2006, marrying children off at a very tender age continues to be accepted by large sections of society.
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  • Rajni, 5, bathes with her other two siblings the afternoon of their wedding, Rajasthan, India, April 27, 2009. Three young sisters Radha, 15, Gora, 13, and Rajni, 5, were married to their young grooms Aleen, Giniaj and Kaushal, who were also siblings, on the Hindu holy day of Akshaya Tritiya, called Akha Teej in north India. The auspicious day is said to bring good luck to couples married then and is widely known in Rajasthan as the day most child marriages occur. Despite legislation forbidding child marriage in India, such as the Child Marriage Restraint Act-1929 and the much more progressive Prohibition of Child Marriage Act of 2006, marrying children off at a very tender age continues to be accepted by large sections of society.
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  • Radha, 15, waits for her groom the night of their wedding, Rajasthan, India, April 27, 2009. Three young sisters Radha, 15, Gora, 13, and Rajni, 5, were married to their young grooms Aleen, Giniaj and Kaushal, who were also siblings, on the Hindu holy day of Akshaya Tritiya, called Akha Teej in north India. The auspicious day is said to bring good luck to couples married then and is widely known in Rajasthan as the day most child marriages occur. Despite legislation forbidding child marriage in India, such as the Child Marriage Restraint Act-1929 and the much more progressive Prohibition of Child Marriage Act of 2006, marrying children off at a very tender age continues to be accepted by large sections of society.
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  • A scared Gora, 13, sits in her home with her sisters the night of her wedding, Rajasthan, India, April 27, 2009. Three young sisters Radha, 15, Gora, 13, and Rajni, 5, were married to their young grooms Aleen, Giniaj and Kaushal, who were also siblings, on the Hindu holy day of Akshaya Tritiya, called Akha Teej in north India. The auspicious day is said to bring good luck to couples married then and is widely known in Rajasthan as the day most child marriages occur. Despite legislation forbidding child marriage in India, such as the Child Marriage Restraint Act-1929 and the much more progressive Prohibition of Child Marriage Act of 2006, marrying children off at a very tender age continues to be accepted by large sections of society.
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  • Kaushal and Rajni, 5, participate in a marriage ceremony, Rajasthan, India, April 28, 2009. Three young sisters Radha, 15, Gora, 13, and Rajni, 5, were married to their young grooms Aleen, Giniaj and Kaushal, who were also siblings, on the Hindu holy day of Akshaya Tritiya, called Akha Teej in north India. The auspicious day is said to bring good luck to couples married then and is widely known in Rajasthan as the day most child marriages occur. Despite legislation forbidding child marriage in India, such as the Child Marriage Restraint Act-1929 and the much more progressive Prohibition of Child Marriage Act of 2006, marrying children off at a very tender age continues to be accepted by large sections of society.
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  • Suitcases are packed for Sarita, 15, and Maya, 8, who were married the previous day to bridegrooms Hariprasad, 22, and Kishore, 13, Rajasthan, India, April 29, 2009. The ceremony took place on the Hindu holy day of Akshaya Tritiya, called Akha Teej in north India. Despite legislation forbidding child marriage in India, such as the Child Marriage Restraint Act-1929 and the much more progressive Prohibition of Child Marriage Act of 2006, marrying children off at a very tender age continues to be accepted by large sections of society.
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