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Four wards of Jumla have been declared as child marriage free wards. 4 out of 60 wards of eight local levels of the district have been declared free from child marriage. Patarasi 4, Tila 6, Hima 1 and Kankasundari Rural Municipality 5 are counted as child marriage free wards.
It has been committed not to do any activities related to child marriage in those wards.
Vice President Premkali Budha said that Kankasundari-5 was declared as child marriage-free ward on Saturday. This is the fourth ward of Jumla to be declared child marriage free. "Marriage for 20 years, the unity of all of us, Kankasundari without child marriage" Child marriage free ward has been announced with the slogan.
Ward secretary Himali Bhandari said that the ward has completed 15 indicators to free child marriage. According to him, it was possible to declare the ward free of child marriage after 1,390 people in the ward pledged not to marry children. It was announced after the completion of all the indicators in the ward, which has five settlements, and the child marriage is at zero. Damodar Archay, chairman of the rural municipality, said that the municipality has adopted a policy of freeing child marriage through the ward.
'Child marriage is increasing in Dalit and poor communities,' he said, 'We are preparing to identify the target community and bring them programs to connect them with production. The municipality will also emphasize awareness programs. The municipality has also made a strategy against child marriage. Ward Chairman Bishnu Bahadur Baduwal said that he succeeded in declaring child marriage free as the first ward in the municipality. The ward has also warned that it will be strictly implemented against child marriage in the coming days.
According to the goal of declaring Nepal a child marriage-free country by 2030, municipalities are declaring child marriage-free wards with the support and coordination of non-governmental organizations. Although the child marriage-free ward has been officially declared, there is a challenge in implementation.
