Janakpurdham Sub-Metropolitan City Deputy Mayor Kishori Sah has stressed the need for changes in social attitudes and behaviour, alongside legal measures, to end child marriage.
Speaking at a community awareness and advocacy programme in Janakpur, Dhanusha, on Tuesday, Deputy Mayor Sah emphasized the importance of raising awareness at the community level to eliminate the harmful social practice.
He took the event as an opportunity to share that various awareness campaigns, including street dramas, were being organized to highlight the issue and promote social awareness.
Similarly, Kumari Sharma, Madhesh Province Officer at the National Human Rights Commission, dubbed child marriage as a national problem and thus called for collective efforts by communities and concerned authorities to eliminate it.
Also speaking at the event, Purna Prasad Yadav, Chairperson of ward no 14 of Janakpurdham Sub-Metropolitan City, mentioned that seven child marriages had been prevented in his ward so far.
On the occasion, he reaffirmed his commitment to continue awareness programmes against child marriage in the coming days.
Similarly, Seema Khan, Chairperson of Muslim Women Welfare Society Nepal, reminded that the government of Nepal had adopted a national strategy to end child marriage.
She also underscored the need for greater cooperation among the government, local authorities, civil society and communities to build a child-marriage-free society.
The programme also featured a street drama highlighting the adverse effects of child marriage on girls’ education, health and future. (RSS)
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