Awareness programme on prevention of child marriage organized in Tinsukia

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TINSUKIA: The Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (ASCPCR), in collaboration with Tinsukia District Administration, organized an awareness programme on prevention of child marriage at the conference hall of the Block Development Officer’s Office, Kakopathar in the Tinsukia district on Wednesday. ASCPCR chairperson Dr Sunita Changkakati, ASCPCR member Dr Pilu Hazarika, ADC (Social Welfare) Tinsukia, Sarfraz Haque, and Bornali Phukan, BDO Kakopathar, attended the programme as guests while Dr Bornali Bora, SDM & HO and Dipanjali Chetia, Member, Child Welfare Committee, Tinsukia addressed the programme as resource persons. The discussions in the meeting were focussed around child marriage, its impact, consequences and effects on girl child and role of stakeholders on prevention of child marriage.

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