A team from The Elders, an organisation of independent global leaders working for peace and human rights, visited Bihar on Tuesday in a bid to root out the practice of child marriage and back the State government's efforts to combat it.

The Elders has taken up the issue under the banner of Girls Not Brides — a global partnership initiated last year. It brings together over 80 civil society organisations spread across five continents to tackle the problem at the grass roots, national and global levels.

Earlier in the day, the delegation that comprised personalities such as Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Ela Bhatt, Gro Brundtland and Mary Robinson interacted with a group of 20 youths from the township of Masaurhi in Patna district.

They said they found the interaction “most satisfying,” with the youths displaying a high degree of awareness of the risks posed by child marriage.......Read More

Source: The Hindu