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Exploring the socioeconomic factors behind girl child marriage in India

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  • 1. Assistant Professor, Alliance School of Liberal Arts; Alliance University, Bengaluru, Karnatak, India

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Abstract

Child marriage has been a persistent problem in India.

Child marriage is deeply rooted due to traditional,

cultural, and religious practices, which have made it

difficult to combat. Girl child marriage is an issue that

can create several other problems among children, such

as sexual abuse, juvenile justice, reproductive & sexual

health, psychosocial & mental health, nutrition,

protection, education, opportunities, and livelihood.

Marriage of a girl child is frequently as-sociated with

problems such as the practice of dowry and the

prevalence of child widowhood. Moreover, it results in

unfavourable outcomes such as malnutrition,

inadequate maternal health, and high fertility rates, and

contributes to the problem of overpopulation. The aim

and objective of this paper are to understand the factors

behind child marriages and their impact on the girl child.

The limitation of this paper is to cases related to girlchild

marriages in India only. The finding of this paper

focused on three key issues; how to improve the

interaction between parents and child, social norms and

culture, and gender socialization practices to combat

girl-child marriage in India.

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