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[Bhuwan Ribhu @Bhuwan_Ribhu]

This is the India model in action: policy strengthened by partnerships; institutional accountability; convergence across departments, schemes and services; knowledge and awareness within communities; an ecosystem that addresses vulnerability; and technology that strengthens reporting, monitoring and timely intervention.
When institutions, communities and people converge at the last mile, prevention becomes possible at scale. This is our resolve: Child Marriage Free Bharat by 2030. #BalVivahMuktBharat #ChildMarriageFreeIndia #InternationalDayAgainstChildMarriage

[Bhuwan Ribhu @Bhuwan_Ribhu]

I commend the leadership of Hon’ble Union Minister Smt. @Annapurna4BJP, Hon’ble Minister of State Smt. @savitrii4bjp and the Ministry of Women and Child Development @MinistryWCD in carrying this national movement forward. India has already bent the curve on child marriage. Taking this resolve to the Gram Sabha now places prevention where it matters most: where the child lives. Its success rests on the mission-mode approach of whole-of-government and whole-of-society, making prevention a shared national responsibility.

[Bhuwan Ribhu @Bhuwan_Ribhu]

Just Rights for Children @JustRightsIndia and our 250+ NGO partners are proud to share this responsibility across all 782 districts of India. Working with CMPOs, Panchayats, teachers, ASHA and Anganwadi workers, police, faith and community leaders, families and children to prevent, protect and prosecute the crime of child marriage is at the heart of building a #SurakshitBalGram.

Prevention cannot end with stopping a ceremony. Every child must have access to School, Schemes and Skills for Safety, creating the safety net that reduces vulnerability, expands choice and protects their future.

[Bhuwan Ribhu @Bhuwan_Ribhu]

On #GandhiJayanti, I congratulate the Government of India, especially the Ministry of Women and Child Development, for taking the resolve of a Child Marriage Free Bharat to the heart of every village, with Special Gram Sabhas across the country pledging for Child Marriage-Free Villages. @MinistryWCD

There can be no greater tribute to #MahatmaGandhi than ensuring every child is safe from child marriage, free to realise their full potential and, especially for every girl, free to learn, choose her future and contribute to the progress of her community and country. This is India’s iron resolve: a #ChildMarriageFreeBharat by 2030. #BalVivahMuktBharat

[Bhuwan Ribhu @Bhuwan_Ribhu]

I congratulate Senior Advocate @hsphoolka Ji, #JustRightsforChildren General Counsel Rachna Tyagi and our legal team for placing this critical issue before the Hon’ble Supreme Court today. As children’s lives move increasingly online, the rule of law must keep pace with technology. The burden of safety cannot rest on the child. It must rest with the adults, institutions and platforms that design, govern and shape the digital environments children use.

[Bhuwan Ribhu @Bhuwan_Ribhu]

Landed in #NewYork.

I come here carrying the hopes, prayers and determination of millions who believe that no child should ever be married.

On 4 September, the United Nations @UN will consider the resolution to designate 27 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Child, Early and Forced Marriage.

What began as a call for a #ChildMarriageFreeWorld is now before the world.

The next few days are about every child’s right to freedom, dignity and a future where they can realise their full potential.

[Palash @Palashcx]

Prevention before Protection. Protection before Prosecution. Prosecution for Prevention. That is how #ChildMarriage must be fought. #EndChildMarriage #ChildMarriageFreeWorld @JustRightsIndia

[Palash @Palashcx]

By keeping a child in school and you strengthen one of the strongest defences against #childmarriage. @JustRightsIndia #EndChildMarriage #ChildMarriageFreeIndia