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Chamarajanagar is one of the districts known for child marriages. It is believed that Chamarajanagar has been in fourth place after Yadgir, Raichur, and Bidar districts. The specialty of the event held on Tuesday was the participation of around 200 women who were victims of alleged child marriages. They narrated their problems due to getting married before they reached the age of 18.
Child rights activist and director of the Child Rights Trust Nagasimha G Rao told BM that there has been a rise in cases where juveniles are the accused in sexual harassment cases. He says that the numbers have gone up post covid lockdown. He even requested the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights that the POCSO Act be taught in schools.
As per data accessed by Bangalore Mirror, 88 children were rescued by Railway Protection Force officials up till May. Out of the 88, 44 are from Karnataka, and the remaining from other states. In 2022, 656 children were rescued, out of which 58 were from Uttar Pradesh, 20 were from Odisha, 19 were from Madhya Pradesh, 244 were from Karnataka, 29 were from Jharkhand, 154 were from Bihar, and 44 from Assam. In 2021, 484 children were rescued and were found to be from the home states of Assam, Bihar, UP and West Bengal, apart from Karnataka. This year, a majority of the rescued children were from Bihar (194), followed by Karnataka (109).
He opined that revival of the Karnataka State Legislators’ Forum on Child Rights and awareness among the legislators would facilitate the legislators not only understanding but also raising issues such as education, malnutrition, child labour, and child marriages in rural areas.