A.P. NGO welcomes UN’s declaration of November 27 as Global Day Against Child Marriage
The UN has officially declared November 27 as the Global Day Against Child Marriage, a move celebrated by the NGO Vasavya Mahila Mandali. The organization emphasizes that this international recognition must now be followed by concrete grassroots actions to protect children and improve education.
Why it matters
It highlights the transition of anti-child marriage advocacy from local grassroots efforts to a formal international policy framework.
The UN declaration of November 27 as Global Day Against Child Marriages is an international recognition of the sustained efforts of organisations like Just Rights for Children (JRC), said B. Keerthy, president of the Vijayawada-based Vasavya Mahila Mandali (VMM). JRC is an NGO network working with governments and enforcement agencies to prevent child marriages across the country.
Speaking at a media conference on Sunday (September 6, 2026), Ms. Keerthy said VMM was a partner in JRC’s long-running campaign seeking a dedicated international day against child marriage and had been engaged in grassroots campaign against child marriages in NTR and Krishna districts. She welcomed the UN’s historic declaration, which was a matter of pride for India where the Government had launched the Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat (Child Marriage-Free India) campaign with JRC partners on November 27, 2024.
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