SHOCKING VIDEO: Girls Forced To Marry Before Legal Age In A ‘Progressive’ State

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Two girls who recently saw their friend getting married speak out, both are thankful that it wasn’t them. Fifty-two per cent of married women in Maharashtra admit to consummating their marriages before the age of 18, a government’s District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS-3) report reveals. This is happening in a so- called ‘progressive’ state of Maharashtra, the family controls a girls life and reproductive decisions.

Watch the video to hear what the girls themselves feel about this practice.

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