Saturday, February 11, 2012

Elders meet Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar


Members of the The Elders, Desmond Tutu, Mary Robinson, Gro Harlem, Brundtland and Ela Bhatt called on the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at the latter's official residence in Patna on February 7, 2012. The Elders visited Bihar to get the first hand account of the problem of child marriage and measures being taken against it. Bihar tops the child marriage table in India as 69 per cent girls get married before the age of 18.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui 

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