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Of the over 21,800 girls who had dropped out of school before the
2019-20 school year, just over 13% girls did so as they were required for house
work and almost 7% did so as they were married off even though child marriage
is illegal
Early marriages and
chores at home are key reasons why girls drop out of school, The National
Family Health Survey-5 (2019-21) indicates. Of the over 21,800 girls who had
dropped out of school before the 2019-20 school year, just over 13% girls did
so as they were required for house work and a lmost 7% did so as they were
married off even though child marriage is illegal. When it comes to paid work,
the percentage of boys who dropped out for work is higher when compared to
girls. A total of 21,851 girls and 20,084 boys had dropped out of school before
the 2019- 20 school year.
How does child marriage affect education in India?
Child marriage ends
childhood.It negatively influences children’s
rights to education, health and protection. These consequences impact not just
the girl directly, but also her family and community.
A girl who is married
as a child is more likely to be out of school and not earn money and contribute
to the community. She is more likely to experience domestic violence and become
infected with HIV/AIDS. She is more likely to have children when she is still a
child. There are more chances of her dying due to complications during
pregnancy and childbirth. Estimates suggest that
each year, at least 1.5 million girls under 18 get married in India. Nearly 16
per cent adolescent girls aged 15-19 are currently married.
While the prevalence
of girls getting married before age 18 has declined from 47 per cent to 27 per
cent between 2005-2006 and 2015-2016 it is still too high.
The significant
progress in the reduction of child marriages in India has contributed to a
large extent to the global decrease in the prevalence of the practice. The
decline may be the result of multiple factors such as increased literacy of
mothers, better access to education for girls, strong legislation and migration
from rural areas to urban centres.Increased rates of girls’ education, proactive government investments in
adolescent girls, and strong public messaging around the illegality of child
marriage and the harm it causes are also among the reasons for the shift.
How does child marriage affect health?
A girl who marries
early is more likely to give birth before her body is ready, presenting complications
that will jeopardize her health for the rest of her life.
Impact of child marriage on Indian economy
Due to dropouts
because of child marriagemany students
lose opportunity to earn money and raise economy of India. Child marriage
negatively affects the Indian economy and can lead to an intergenerational
cycle of poverty. Girls and boys married
as children more likely lack the skills, knowledge and job prospects needed to
lift their families out of poverty and contribute to their country’s social and
economic growth. Early marriage leads
girls to have children earlier and more children over their lifetime,
increasing economic burden on the household.
Child marriage is
estimated to cost economies at least 1.7 percent of their GDP. It increases total
fertility of women by 17 percent, which hurts developing countries battling
high population growth. As per IRCW study, the
welfare benefit in ending child marriage is estimated to be $22.1 billion
globally in the first year (2015). This number increases to $566 billion
annually by 2030, for a cumulative welfare benefit of more than $4 trillion.
Considering how one out of three such marriages happen in India, this impact is
huge on India. Decreased household
sizes would lead to an increased availability of funds which then could be used
to pay for food, education, health care and other expenses for other members of
the household.
Child marriage and mental health
Five of the studies
included in our review estimated the effect of child marriage on various aspects
of mental health. These studies relied on cross-sectional data collected from
Ghana, Iran, Ethiopia, Niger and the United States. Women in the United States
who married before the age of 18 were more likely to report experiencing a wide
range of mood, anxiety, and other psychiatric disorders in adulthood when
compared to those who married at later ages .The authors of a small study from
a single county in Iran found that women who married as children reported more
depressive symptoms than those who married at the age of 18 or older .John,
Edmeades, and Murithi examined the relationship between child marriage and
multiple domains of psychological well-being in Niger and Ethiopia . The
authors found that marriage before the age of 16 was correlated with poorer
overall psychological well-being, but no evidence that marriage between the
ages of 16 and 17 was associated with poorer outcomes when compared to women
who married at the age of 18 or later . In Ghana, child marriage seemed to
protect against measures of stress. The Ghanaian study also found no indication
of differences in levels of social support between women who married before the
age of 18 and those who married after their 18th birthdays, though these odds
ratio estimates were very imprecise
How to stop it ?
Contact a women cell
of local police. ...
File for Domestic
Violence under PWDW Act. ...
Contact National
commission for women. ...
Contact a lawyer. ...
Suit for annulment of
marriage in district court or family court.
What to do if you do not live in India?
If you want to help
kids in India and stop child marriage you can donate to our organization and we
will do everything we can to stop child marriage in India
HEEALS organization
We believe that by
starting small and working with one community at a time, we can begin to make
changes that will spread gradually throughout India, all the while working hard
to create and maintain a self-sustaining society. We aim to facilitate the
fulfilment of the millennium development goals, set out by the United Nations,
by ensuring that every household in India has unimpeded access to proper WASH
facilities.
Heeals was built by a
core team of committed executive committee, the member and staff member, who
collectively have extensive experience in rural, urban and social development
in India. Most of the founding staff is working voluntarily or semi-voluntary.
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Every day, girls
face barriers to education caused by poverty, cultural norms and practices,
poor infrastructure, violence and fragility. Therefore, here at HEEALS, GIRLS’
EDUCATION is a priority.
“Education is one
thing no one can take away from you”- Elin Nordegren . Also, as rightly said in
the African proverb, ‘‘if you educate a man, you educate an individual. But if
you educate a woman, you educate a nation.”
Girls’ education
goes beyond getting girls into school, it is ensuring that girls learn and feel
safe while in the school. Education is the key for women to achieve economic
independence. It is also ensuring that girl child complete all levels of
education with the rightful skills necessary to navigate and adapt to the
changing world. That the education give them the freedom of making their own
rightful decisions about their life and also contribute to the communities and
the world.
Although women in
the majority of countries have the right to education, the problem lies in the
equal access to education. In many developing countries, millions of women do
not complete their education because they are forced by their society, by their
circumstances or by the threat of violence to focus on household or care giving.
Better educated women tend to be healthier, earn higher incomes and
participative. They enable better education for their children and better
health care. All these factors combined can lift not only their households but
also their communities and the nations out of poverty and social norms.
HEEALS is a Non Profit
Organization which aims to safeguard health, environment, education and
livelihood to promote sustainable development of society. Poverty remains the
most important factor for determining whether a girl can access an education.
Studies show that girls who face multiple disadvantages such as low family
income, living in remote areas or locations, disability due to belongingness to
a minority group , are the farthest behind in terms of access to completion of
education. These factors affect negatively in the access of education. Another
example is Child Marriage which is also a critical challenge. Child brides are
more likely to drop out of schools and look after the family. This affects the
education and health of the children as well as their ability to earn a living.
There are many reports showing that around 40000 girls under the age of 18
years get married every day. This should be put to an end to increase women’s
expected education attainment and their earnings.
Every day Girls
face barriers to education due to many reasons caused by poverty, cultural
norms, poor infrastructure, and many more reasons we are unheard of. HEEALS
with its volunteers and interns from different regions are working together
with girls and women and through the medium of Documentary films and art is
trying to create awareness among the masses about girl child education ,
menstrual hygiene , sanitation and safe drinking water and trying to relate how
girl child education id also directly related to poor sanitation facilities,
unsafe drinking water and lack of knowledge to obtain the same.
HEEALS relies on our generous sponsors and donors in order
to be able to run our workshops and provide the facilities. If you are
interested in providing financial support for our projects andworkshops and to know more about projects
like our ‘Pads for Girls’ project, please connect with communications@heeals.org. You can also support girls in menstruation and
eduaction by talking and creating awareness among them. Also, create awareness
among your families, friends and neighbours.
Here at HEEALS, projects focus on Targeting boys and
men to be a part of discussions about cultural and social practices and ending
child/ early marriage and addressing violence against girls and women.
If you haven’t already, be sure to ‘like’ HEEALS’ page on Facebook and
follow us on Instagram and Twitter page.
EDUCATE TO SAVE
Why is it so important to educate girls?
What’s going on?
One
of the greatest problems of the indian sub-continentis the lack of education provided
to girls. According to the data reported first by the MHRD (Ministry of Human
Resources Development) and then by CENSUS, in 2011 around 84 million children were
outside the school system, almost 20% of all those who have an educational
obligation, according to the norms of the RTE (Right To Education Act). The Right
of Children to Free and Compulsory Education is an act of the Indian Parliament
which guarantees free access, and confirmation of its mandatory nature, to
education for all those who are between 6 and 14 yearsold.
However,
especially towards the end of primary studies, the number of girls attending
school is low and indeed the dropouts are numerous. The data iseven more
negative when we start talking about secondary education, where 32% of girls do
not have access to school, compared to 28% of boys, as highlighted by
researcher AnjelaTaneja.
Why?
What
determines the dropouts and what prevents many girls from studying?
Reasons
can be traced to three macro-areas:
1)Family
responsabilities: traditional gender roles come into play,according to which
girls must take care of home and family, and then get married soon. The
responsibility however does not stop there, since the parents are often worried
about the sexual harassment that girls could experience, bringing dishonor on
the family, as reported by Rachel Williams on The Guardian;
2)Lack
of toilet facilities: an other serious problem that leads to poor attendance by
female students is the lack of adequate sanitation and the presence of negative
myths and beliefs related to puberty and the menstrual cycle;
3)Priority
to the boys: access to the internet and other facilities is often generally poor,
therefore the priority is given to the boys, who hence have better access to
knowledge, which facilitates their studies.
Why educating girls is
so important?
This
situation must necessarily be solved because of many reasons. In particular,
educating girls would lead to both personal and social benefits. Let’s look
atthem in more detail:
vEconomic
independence: educated girls can aspire to jobs outside the house, which can
give them a salary and thus make them economically independent;
vGender
equality: among the SDGs there are “quality education” and “gender equality”.
Adequate education allows girls and women to become aware of themselves and
their abilities, reducing inequalities;
vSociety
development: there can be no development within a society, and this cannot be
said to be developed, unless there are equal rights and opportunities for
women;
vSocial
independence: as well as for economic independence, adequate education helps
girls to be aware of themselves, their abilities and their rights as women,
which emancipates them from traditional logics;
vChasing
dreams: an educated girl is also a girl who, thanks to her skills and
knowledge, can develop aspirations and goals, dreams that are more easily reachable
with the right education;
vNo
more pay-gap: another key point is the wage difference. With the right education
and the right qualifications women can aspire to positions of a certain level,
and they can fight to abolish wage differences.
Obviously
the reasons for ensuring a (better) education for girls are not only these, but
the list would be far too long to enumerate them all. We will therefore limit ourselves
to these.
What can be done?
Of
course, different interventions are needed to make a change: on the one hand,
the role played by NGOs and non-profit associations working on a local scale is
very important. As reported by The Atlantic, NGOs and individuals are moving to
promote womens’ education,building schools dedicated only to girls. On the
other hand, the push must also come from the government: although the problem has
been recognized, the indian Government is slow in its response, putting the
problemat the bottom of the list ofitspriorities. HEEALS is continioulsy
campaigning on the importance of education among childrens ,espicially girls in
schools and communuities.
Educated
girls are fundamental to achieve a better future for themselves and for all of
us, it’s fundamental that everyone understands it.
-Martina Pignatelli
Sources:
-Why
Do Indian Girls Drop Out Of Schools?,The Times Of India
-Why
Girls In India Are Still Missing Out On The EducationTheyNeed, The Guardian
-The
Groups Fighting For Girls’ Education In India, The Atlantic
-The
High Dropout Rate Of Girls In India, AnjelaTaneja
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