Aangan, a Mumbai-based organisation, averts 211 child marriages as the pandemic and attendant economic shocks lead to an increase in child marriages
Members of Aangan interacting with some of the volunteers of the women’s network. Photo: Aangan A dangerous fallout of the nation-wide lockdown was the effect it had on children. While education and lack of socialisation are the most obvious issues, problems such as child marriage, abuse and lack of nutrition are showing disturbing trends and causing …
