In the perspective of “Reducing Early Marriages to Enhance Gender Equality”, PODA – Pakistan held an awareness-raising session in Police Lines, Rawalpindi attended by police officials of 30 police stations. The participants recommended that instead of leaving gaps that facilitate cases of early marriages, an effective mechanism needs to be set up between local courts and police stations to tackle cases of early marriages and save under-age girls according to the Child Marriage Restraint Act 2015. They appreciated PODA’s stance to raise the minimum age of marriage of girls from 16 to 18 years in Punjab to safeguard the vulnerable girls.

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