From Childhood to Adulthood ?

It seems, for Indian girl child, there is no such phase of life called “ adolescent “.

For them, it is straight from childhood to adulthood.

That seems to be the logical conclusion of “ The World’s Women and Girls “ – a report released by Washington-based Population Reference Bureau.

According to this report, the %age of women aged 20-24, which got married by age 18, are as follows :

Ø  Sri Lanka  ……………………    12 %

Ø  Pakistan  ……………………..   24 %

>  India  ……………………………   47 %

Ø  Burkina Faso  ……………..    48 %

Ø  Nepal  …………………………..   51 %

( Source : Times of India / 10, May 2011 )

With this background, it is no wonder that nearly 1000 women are dying everyday in India due to maternity related complications.

With regards

Hemen  Parekh