ranchi crusade child marriage handful minor girls jharkhand given hope many forced man and wife early age exaggeration say young crusaders living theme international day girl youngster power teenaged girl sight stage set note worldwide sunday social pressure often forces parents marry minor girls hindi heartland year even so marked watershed history state several school going girlfriend mustering courage fight social evil january five class viii students rajkiya bunyadi governing school mesra prevented marriage pratigya name changed class ii student school set get hitched with truck driver marriage fixed mother aunt loan taken family girls reclaimed pratigya getting married let in kajal soni rekha priti shivani pushpa shaver reporters school child reporters programme lam across posit ngo nav bharat jagriti kendra unicef young child reporters got know marriage saw pratigya cernuous near school well kajal one child reporters aforesaid approached pratigya family on teacher ram babu tried direction two days refused budge sir told legal purvey penalization conducting child wedlock mother promised get pratigya tabbu afroz muri another crusader stood parents young age stopped elder sister getting married november last year afroz participated workshop prepare international ngo breakthrough new york shared experience small fry across globe shilpi kumari resident silli another example braveheart stood kinsfolk society fight rights shilpi parent start out preparations marriage talking toi suppose want get married dreams something life parents said male child would ejaculate see ran school asked teachers help help lastly able make parents infer examine important child marriage major challenge state government jharkhand third country rajasthan bihar highest relative incidence child married couple however years rate child marriage reduced joint effort government civil societies public participation rate child marriage state per oneyear health survey came r p singh director women child development social security measure department said proud girls want know always support taking madhulika jonathan state head unicef said international day girl child need ensure allow miss born nurtured childhood adolescence gender discrimination authorize puerile girls ensure tidy community aid economical social development