Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, on Saturday, quoted legal marriageable age in other Muslim countries to defend his party’s demand for a ban on underage marriages. He took to Twitter to wonder, “UAE marriage age is 18, Indonesia is 18 & Turkey is also 18. Are they not Muslim countries?” With reference […]
Child marriages
Ghotki girls: Dr Vankwani demands an end to forced conversions, child marriages
Prominent Hindu Lawmaker, Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, on Tuesday, tabled two bills and a resolution against forced conversions, child marriages and to advocate the protection of minorities across the country. In a five-point resolution, he condemned the recent abduction of two Hindu sisters, Reena and Raveena, from Ghotki in Sindh. This was supported by minority […]
UN Women Executive Director urges people to raise voice against child marriages
HYDERABAD: Making one of Pakistan’s most impoverished districts the first stop of her first official visit to the country, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on Wednesday called upon the entire community to end child marriages and voice their commitment to change the lives of girls and young women for the […]
Sujag Theatre raises awareness about child marriages in Sindh
HYDERABAD – A theatre group launched a campaign in August to raise awareness about child marriages in Sindh. Sujag Theater, the group from Dadu, performed in theaters in different districts in Sindh, including Dadu, Hyderabad, Sanghar, Umerkot and Tharparkar. At their performance in Sanghar district on August 28, the audience vowed to help stop child […]
National dialogue discusses child marriages
ISLAMABAD: To highlight the reasons and impact of child and early age marriage (CEAM), National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) and Shirkat Gah Women Resource Center organized a national dialogue on CEAM on Friday. The event titled “National Dialogue on Ending Child, Early Age Marriages in Pakistan” also featured sharing of the lessons […]