On November 1, 2021, IMAGE celebrated Child Marriage Prohibition Day in Bagalkote, Chikkaballapura, and the Chamarajanagara districts of Karnataka. The day was full of rallies, games, and activities to raise awareness and voices against child marriage. Officials from the government were honored and invited as special guests to the event.
The children raised slogans against child marriage. Some of the slogans were “Stop Gender Inequality”, “Stop Child Marriage”, “Join together to build a child marriage-free society” and “Hands there to support us, not to beat us”. It was followed by an oath-taking ceremony in which the students and the community members swore to prohibit and prevent child marriages in the areas. In addition, anti-child marriage flyers were circulated among all the participants.
