Helping in Poor People Marriage – Jan Jagrati Foundation
Jan Jagrati Foundation is a India Level Trust registered by Government of India. JJF is helping the poor to get married across all over India.
जन जागृति फाउंडेशन भारत सरकार द्वारा पंजीकृत एक भारत स्तरीय ट्रस्ट है। JJF पूरे भारत में गरीबों की शादी में मदद कर रहा है।
POVERTY IS ONE OF THE MAIN DRIVERS OF CHILD MARRIAGE
Child brides are more likely to be poor and to remain poor. Where poverty is acute, giving a daughter in marriage allows parents to reduce their expenses: one less person to feed, clothes and educate.
ऐसे समुदायों में जहां आर्थिक लेन-देन शादी की प्रक्रिया का अभिन्न अंग है, दहेज या “दुल्हन की कीमत” अक्सर गरीब परिवारों के लिए आय का स्वागत है। परिवार कभी-कभी अधिक महंगी दहेज से बचने के लिए छोटी उम्र में अपनी बेटियों की शादी करते हैं जो कि बड़ी लड़कियों की शादी अक्सर मांगती है।
CHILD MARRIAGE TRAPS GIRLS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN A CYCLE OF POVERTY
Girls who marry young are less likely to receive the education they need to live a healthy and empowered life. Without an education, they are less able to earn an income to lift themselves and their families out of poverty.
जो लड़कियां युवा विवाह करती हैं, उन्हें स्वस्थ और सशक्त जीवन जीने के लिए आवश्यक शिक्षा प्राप्त करने की संभावना कम होती है। शिक्षा के बिना, वे अपने और अपने परिवार को गरीबी से बाहर निकालने के लिए आय अर्जित करने में कम सक्षम हैं।
In many communities, economic opportunities are severely limited, especially for girls and women. Families therefore see little value in educating their daughters and instead marry them off to fulfil the role of a wife and mother.
कई समुदायों में, आर्थिक अवसर गंभीर रूप से सीमित हैं, खासकर लड़कियों और महिलाओं के लिए। इसलिए परिवार अपनी बेटियों को शिक्षित करने में बहुत कम मूल्य देखते हैं और इसके बजाय एक पत्नी और माँ की भूमिका को पूरा करने के लिए उनसे शादी करते हैं।
Child brides also have to perform much unpaid work in the home, such as cleaning, cooking and caring for their husbands, in-laws and children.
बाल वधुओं को भी घर में ज्यादा अवैतनिक कार्य करने पड़ते हैं, जैसे सफाई, खाना बनाना और अपने पति, ससुराल और बच्चों की देखभाल करना।
THIS CYCLE OF POVERTY IS NOT INEVITABLE
By not marrying early and staying in school, a girl is more likely to be healthier and wealthier – and to reinvest her income into her family.
An extra year of primary education for girls boost their future earnings by 15%, a figure that only increases with the level of education.
STRATEGIES TO END CHILD MARRIAGE AND BOOST ECONOMIC GROWTH
Contexts where girls and women are valued and productive members of society have lower rates of child marriage. Keeping girls in school and building their life and livelihood skills can not only reduce child marriage, but also increase the economic productivity of married girls.
Here are some ways to simultaneously address child marriage and boost economic growth:
- Provide families with financial incentives to keep girls in school and not marry them
- Allow girls to make the transition from primary to secondary school so they have the potential to earn a safe and adequate income later on in life
- Teach girls how to be financially literate for example, how to be financially savvy, entrepreneurial, budget and save
- Target girls at risk of child marriage and already married adolescent in youth workforce development programmes