Lakshmi could have been a child bride

Teenage girls across five villages in Uttar Pradesh’s Chandauli district are resisting child marriage, supported by frontline government workers who don’t want to see their own lives repeated in another generation. Ashna Butani meets the women leading and demanding change, in a State that sees the highest number of child brides in India Teenage girls across five villages in Uttar Pradesh’s Chandauli district are resisting child marriage, supported by frontline government workers who don’t want to see their own lives repeated in another generation.