Punjab government urged to raise minimum age for girls’ marriage
ISLAMABAD: Participants of an awareness session on Wednesday urged the Punjab government to raise the minimum age of marriage for girls from 16 to 18 years in the province to ensure a safe future for them.
They were attending an event organised by the Potohar Organisation for Development Advocacy (Poda) in collaboration with the Norwegian embassy in Islamabad.
Titled ‘Reduce Early Marriages to Enhance Gender Equality’, the moot unanimously agreed to advocate for an amendment to the Child Marriage Restraint Act 2015.
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