{"id":7834,"date":"2012-02-10T01:51:46","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T23:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/interview-ending-child-marriage-can-boost-indias-rise\/"},"modified":"2012-02-10T01:51:46","modified_gmt":"2012-02-09T23:51:46","slug":"interview-ending-child-marriage-can-boost-indias-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/interview-ending-child-marriage-can-boost-indias-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"INTERVIEW-Ending child marriage can boost India’s rise"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Nita Bhalla<\/span><\/p>\n

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NEW DELHI<\/span> Feb 9 (Reuters) – India’s development is
\nbeing slowed by discriminatory practices against women such as
\nchild marriage, which stifle their potential to contribute to
\ngrowth, South African peace campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu
\nsaid.<\/p>\n

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“India is doing fantastically. I mean they are complaining
\nabout seven percent GDP growth. Imagine if you then enlisted the
\nparticipation of 50 percent of the population. Women. Imagine
\nwhat it would be,” Tutu told Reuters late on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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“I think that India is poised to become a very significant
\nplayer but, that role would be greatly, greatly enhanced, when
\nwomen are given their proper place.”<\/p>\n

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Tutu, 80, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for speaking out
\nagainst white minority rule in South Africa.<\/p>\n

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Now, as chairman of The Elders — a group of prominent
\npeople dedicated to addressing humanitarian issues — he is
\nspearheading a global movement called “Girls Not Brides” aimed
\nat ending child marriage.<\/p>\n

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Gender experts say a girl under the age of 18 is married
\nevery three seconds — that’s 10 million each year — often
\nwithout consent and sometimes to a much older man, before she is
\nmentally or sexually ready for such a relationship.<\/p>\n

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The practice is most prevalent in Africa, the Middle East
\nand South Asia, despite laws in most countries banning it.<\/p>\n

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In a rapidly modernising country, tightly bound by
\ntraditional patriarchal views, Indian women face a plethora of
\nthreats from sexual violence, dowry murders, discrimination in
\nhealth, education and land rights as well as child marriage.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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