Urgent Call to Action: Why Child Marriage Must End Now

1 min read

The video titled “Urgent Call to Action: Why Child Marriage Must End Now” draws attention to the importance of ensuring a happy and nurturing childhood for every child. It emphasizes the need for equal opportunities for girls to learn, play, and thrive, contributing to the development of a strong and prosperous nation. Child marriage is recognized as a violation of human rights, despite the existence of laws against it.

Acknowledgement / Credit: UNFPA Pakistan

Post Views: 71
stateofchildren Latest posts
  1. Comparative Analysis: Pakistan Education Statistics 2022–23 & 2023–24
  2. Role of Parents and Schools for Child Protection
  3. Online Safety for All starts with All of Us
  4. Five-Year Comparison of Teachers

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.

Previous Story

Transformative Education: Mobile School

Next Story

Lahore, UK Courts tussle over siblings custody

Latest from Blog

Leading from the Centre

The federal government’s ambitious target to enrol 25,000 out-of-school children in Islamabad within three months will hopefully serve as an example for the rest of the country as we persevere to raise nationwide enrollment rates, which are currently among the lowest in the world. The success of the initiative would…

School Reduced to Rubble in Bannu Blast

MIRAN SHAH: Unidentified terrorists blew up a government primary school in Chaka Khel village in Bannu district on March 27, completely destroying the building. According to police sources, the blast occurred at Government Primary School Noor Jan in Ghora village when an IED detonated with a powerful explosion. The entire…

Cheating in Exam

The credibility of public examinations in Sindh has long been fragile, with cheating common across centres and enforcement often uneven. The government is now introducing a novel system of watermarking examination papers to curb cheating, an intervention that acknowledges the scale of the problem but will ultimately be judged by…

Selling Newborns

Human life should never be a commodity. Yet across the country, networks exist that buy and sell newborn babies, exploiting women driven into secrecy and desperation. A recent raid in Sheikham near Sarai Mughal, located in Kasur district of Punjab, uncovered a clinic that allegedly handled deliveries of vulnerable women…

Half of Pakistan’s Children Suffer from Anaemia

More than half of Pakistan’s children suffer from anaemia, while vitamin A and D deficiencies are common among women and adolescent girls. These deficiencies weaken immunity, impair learning and raise health costs across communities. Pakistan loses nearly $17 billion each year in productivity and healthcare costs linked to these preventable…
Go toTop