HAQ Resources

• Submissions to Standing Commitee on PCMA Bill, 2021, English 
• Submissions to Standing Commitee on PCMA Bill, 2021, Hindi 
• बाल विवाह निरस्तीकरण: कानूनी और सामाजिक जटिलताएँ 
• Child Marriage in India-A Cross Sectoral Dialogue report 
• Report of the Child Marriage Prevention Programme Summary Report 
• Report of the Child Marriage Prevention Programme 2017 to 2019 with JABALA 
• Report of the Child Marriage Prevention Programme 2015 to 2019 with MJAS 
• Football for freedom, unity and solidarity 
• Towards Ending Child Marriage 2018 
• Model for Prevention of Child Marriage – HAQ 
• Child Marriage No Never: Without My Consent Never Ever, Rajasthan 
• Child Marriage No Never: Without My Consent Never Ever, West Bengal 
• The Development of Global Responses to Child, Early and Forced Marriages 
• Prevention of Child Marriage: Impact on Girls 
• Strengthening Existing Systems for Prevention of Child Marriage: A Handout on Our Work 
• HAQ’s Child Marriage Mid-Project Evaluation Report- April 2014 
• HAQ’s Report of – Come Together: National Consultation on Prevention of Child Marriage, New Delhi  
• A Handout on Strengthening Existing Systems for Prevention of Child Marriage
• Handbook on The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006
   

Other Resources

• Empowering Women or Curbing Rights?
• Raising the marriage age is not the solution
• Raising marriage age won’t lead to women’s empowerment
• Why raising marriage age of women won’t achieve its stated goal
• Oral Revision: Strengthening efforts to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage: challenges, achievements, best practices and implementation gaps 25 September 2013
• Protecting The Girl Child- Using the law to end child, early and forced marriage and related human rights violations by Equality Now 
• Child Marriage: Dasra identifies HAQ: Centre for Child Rights among 10 promising oganizations in India  

IEC Material:

Flex Banner

Banner displayed on the high way reminds people that child marriages is a punishable offence.
Provisions of the PCM Act-2006 and Marriages Registration Act-2002 are prominently mentioned with phone numbers of the Police Officers and MV Foundation to contact in case of any child marriages.
The banner was sponsored by Anu Internet, an internet café in the town (villages: Rangapur, mandal/block: Achampet, district: Mahabubnagar, Andhra Pradesh).

The Wall Painting

Warning
Child marriages is criminal offence
Employment of children below 14 years is a crime
Location: Bus stop, village: Kummaronipally, mandal/block: Amrabad, district: Mahabubnagar, AP

Wall Writing

The writing in blue on the top of the door is in Telugu, conveying:

Married Early-Sabotaged for life

Anganwadi Centers under Intergraded Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme is the location where services are provided to children between 0-6 years of age. It also provides nutrition, health and education to the girls and women between 15-45 years of age with the long term goal of capacity-building.
(Anganwadi Centre, village: Maradugu, block: Amrabad,district: Mahabubnagar, AP)

Wall Writing

On the compound wall of a primary school written in blue:
Two years imprisonment and/or a fine up to Rs.100,000/- for encouraging child marriages.
Contact numbers of DCPO (District Child Protection Officer) and MPDO (Mandal Parishad Development Officer) are given.
(village: Maradugu, district: Mahabubnagar, AP, November, 2012)

Wall Writing

Toll free no.: 1098
Warning
• Child Marriages is a criminal offence
• Employment of children below 14 years is crime
• Child marriage is punishable criminal offence as per PCM Act – 2006
• Marriages for school age girls, no, no, no
• Don’t perform marriage for girls under 18 years and for boys under 21
• Contact Numbers of MRO and MDO

Wall Writing

All marriages must be registered
Child Marriages is a criminal offence
Gram Panchayath Office, Inole, district: Mahbubnagar, AP

Pamphlets

The pamphlet issued by Village Federation of the Self Help Groups, village: Chitlamkunta, block/mandal: Amrabad, district: Mahabubnagar, AP.

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Solemnise Marriages

Banner for those who solemnise marriages:
Shri Sivarchakam Veeraiah Sastry, Purohith/ priest in the temple of Lord Anjaneya’s temple in Maddimadugu published this banner and displayed it in front of his home.
The banner says the priest doesn’t solemnise marriages of any girls under 18 years and boy/man less than 21 years. It also mentions that the marriage parties should produce evidence in proof of the age for fixing muhurat/ auspicious time identified to solemnise the marriage.
Shri Sastry has contributed to print banners for all other clergymen of all faiths who solemnise the marriages in the three villages in the project area.

Contact List

Contact List: The list is pasted at the primary school. The contact numbers of CHILDLINE, Chairperson of CWC, RDO, DSP, CDPO, Tahasildar, MPDO, Sub Inspector, Circle Inspector etc. who have responsibility to stop child marriages. The contact numbers of the Coordinators of MVF are also given (village: Maradugu, district: Mahabubnagar, AP, November, 2012).