Are reservations to CEDAW a barrier to gender equality?
Speakers at meeting stresses the need for making marriage registration mandatory for the Hindu community and incorporate the necessary provision in the marriage registration law.
Although the minimum marriageable age of girls will remain unchanged at 18, a rule of the proposed Child Marriage Restraint Act would allow girls, aged 16 to 18, to get married under special circumstances, with permission from courts or their parents.
Are reservations to CEDAW a barrier to gender equality?
Speakers at meeting stresses the need for making marriage registration mandatory for the Hindu community and incorporate the necessary provision in the marriage registration law.
Although the minimum marriageable age of girls will remain unchanged at 18, a rule of the proposed Child Marriage Restraint Act would allow girls, aged 16 to 18, to get married under special circumstances, with permission from courts or their parents.
