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Nepal launches campaign to end practice of child marriage

After India’s launch of the ‘Child Marriage Free Bharat’ campaign in November 2024, Nepal has taken a significant step in the South Asian region by initiating a nationwide movement to end child marriage. Nepal has pledged to end child marriage by 2030. It is mentionworthy that Nepal has the second highest prevalence of child marriage in South Asia. The legal age for marriage in Nepal for both men and women is 20.

Prime Minister Oli has also expressed solidarity with the cause, while taking a pledge against child marriage and wished success to the campaign.

Campaign against child marriage in Nepal

More than 100 people, including child rights activists from Nepal and India, children and civil society members have joined hands to launch ‘Child Marriage Free Nepal’ campaign amidst Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli‘s pledge to end this crime.

The campaign has been launched by the Ministry of Women and Children with support from Indian organisation Just Right for Children and Nepal’s Backward Society Education. The event organised in Kathmandu was led by Nepal’s Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens Kishor Sah Sudi alongside Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary, former chief minister of Lumni province and founder of BASE (Backward Society Education) Nepal, and India’s child right activist Bhuvan Bibhu. Between December 2 and 8, three dozen countries from three continents participated in the JRC’s Child Marriage Free World pledge-taking ceremonies against child marriage.

According to United nations

Child marriage is a human rights violation. Despite laws against it, the practice remains widespread: Globally, one in every five girls is formally married or in an informal union, before reaching age 18. In the least developed countries, that number almost doubles – 36 per cent of girls are married before age 18, and 10 per cent of girls are married before age 15.

Adverse impacts of child marriage :

Child marriage threatens girls’ lives and health, and it limits their future prospects. Girls pressed into child marriage often become pregnant while still adolescents, increasing the risk of complications in pregnancy or childbirth. These complications are the leading cause of death among older adolescent girls.

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