Digital book launch of “Love, Labour and Law: Early and Child Marriage in India”

Digital book launch of “Love, Labour and Law: Early and Child Marriage in India” edited by Samita Sen, Vere Harmsworth Professor, Imperial and Naval History, University of Cambridge, UK and Anindita Ghosh, Independent Researcher. Please find the detailed below.

 

Date:  Thursday, 15th July

Time: 4:30-6:30 IST (12:00 to 2:00 pm BST)

Venue: Facebook Live session on “SAGE Publications India page

Meeting link: https://www.facebook.com/137472382957018/posts/4169719166398966/

 (link will be activated at the time of event)

About the book:

The book “Love, Labour and Law: Early and Child Marriage in India” is a path-breaking book on an issue that has not been analysed in depth for a while, perhaps since it does not affect the elite. Today, the child brides are usually from poor families. They are of 15–17 years as compared to much younger brides in the earlier times. The book discusses why child marriages persist despite numerous legislative and policy initiatives to ‘eliminate’ the practice. The chapters examine social and legal reforms to raise the age of marriage; contemporary education and health-related policy attempts at prevention; relationship of child marriage with child labour, sex work, human trafficking and other issues.