Category Compassion Stories

13 Aug

Breaking Chains of Child Marriage and Empowering Futures

<span class="span-reading-time rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix"></span> <span class="rt-time"> 3</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">Minutes Read</span></span>Even as a child of 11 years when her peers were merrily engaged in playing games and watching movies, Payal Jangid – from remote Hinsla village in India’s western state of Rajasthan – dreamt of becoming a civil servant when she grew up. Hailing from a community where child marriage is a norm rather than […]