CHILD MARRIAGE By: Angela Breault

WHAT IS CHILD MARRIAGE?• Girls ages 7-18 years old getting

forced into marriage to a much older man

• This type of social injustice affects the female children

• Rekha Kalinda was one of these females she was only 12 years old

• Most of the females in India at the age of 12 and older get arranged marriage with an older man

• This is a running tradition in families in India

WHAT WAS THE INCIDENT? • Rekha Kalinda denied the marriage

her parents arranged for her• Rekha’s refusal helped many girls in

the same situation as her • The president even heard about

Rekah and her refusal of marriage• Rekha told her father “This is my age

of studying in school, and I didn’t want to marry.”

WHAT LED UP TO THE INCIDENT?

• Rekha denying her father was the first major thing that started this whole project

• Many friends, teachers, and administrators helped Rekha accomplish something the law couldn’t

• Two other girls denied marriage which helped start up The Purulia program

THE RESULTS • This incident helped many girls out of

marrying early • Helped their education, the girls were

able to go back to school• Saved many babies • Many of the babies wouldn’t have

survive • Saved many of the 7 to 18 year old girls

childhood• Saved the girls from getting beaten by

their husbands

WHY I WAS INTERESTED

• Rekha isn’t much younger than me• Many girls my age are getting forced

into marriage • Rekha had the guts to stand up to

her father, she was very brave • She helped many girls out of the

horrible childhood• She helped many girls still have a

childhood