Application of machine learning to understand child marriage in India by Anita Raj, Nabamallika Dehingia, Abhishek Singh, Lotus McDougal, Julian McAuley

“…Interpretation: Machine learning appears to be a valid means of identifying key correlates of child marriage in India and, via our innovative iterative thematic approach, can be useful to identify novel variables associated with this outcome. …”
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Mapping the patchwork: Exploring the subnational heterogeneity of child marriage in India by Lotus McDougal, Holly Shakya, Nabamallika Dehingia, Charlotte Lapsansky, David Conrad, Nandita Bhan, Abhishek Singh, Topher L. McDougal, Anita Raj

“…This study finds wide inter- and intra-state heterogeneity in levels of child marriage across India. District levels of child marriage were strongly influenced by geographic characteristics, and even more so by the geographic characteristics of neighboring districts. …”
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Influencing policy to reduce child marriage in India: Reflections from Young Lives by Singh, DR, Ford, K

Legal Efforts to Curb Child Marriage in India, USA and Australia: A Comparative Analysis by Vaibhav Chadha, Uddhav Tiwari

“…This paper gives a detailed version of child marriage in India by exploring its historical facet, the impact of legislations prevailing and their intelligible conflict with personal laws of various communities. …”
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Community-based empowerment program to delay marriage: Results from the More Than Brides Alliance intervention in India, Malawi, Mali and Niger. by Andrea J Melnikas, Grace Saul, Michelle Chau, Neelanajana Pandey, Mouhamadou Gueye, James Mkandawire, Aissa Diarra, Sajeda Amin

“…The drivers of child marriage in India may be substantially different from those in Malawi, Mali, and Niger and require alternate intervention approaches. …”
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Cross-sectional time series analysis of associations between education and girl child marriage in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan, 1991-2011. by Anita Raj, Lotus McDougal, Jay G Silverman, Melanie L A Rusch

“…This study examines the levels of education associated with female age at marriage over the previous 20 years across four South Asian nations with high rates (>20%) of girl child marriage- Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan.Cross-sectional time series analyses were conducted on Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) from 1991 to 2011 in the four focal nations. …”
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Right to Sexual Autonomy of Children—Implications of the UNCRC upon the Indian Law on the Age of Consent by Lina Acca Mathew

“…Despite statutory prohibition of child marriages in India, the general criminal law contains an explanatory provision exempting the rape of a married woman above the age of 15. …”
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