Education including sex education can curb the evils of child marriage
Category
Adolescents and Youth, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
News Organization
Times of India
Publication Date
19 September 2014
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Ann Warner spoke to the Times of India about ICRW’s new report, “More Power to Her: How Empowering Girls Can Help End Child Marriage,” and PRACHAR, the India-based program that provided reproductive health training among adolescents and young couples in Bihar, India.
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