Jodhpur. Dr. KritiBharti, Managing Trustee of Saarthi Trust, Rehabilitation Psychologist and Child Rights Advocate, jointly trained the officers of various departments of Jharkhand district on eradication of child marriages, legal process of annulment and rehabilitation, counseling and effective execution of responsibilities of the officers. The officials were also informed about child protection laws.
Center for Child Rights of National University of Study and Research Law (NLU), UNICEF Jharkhand and Jharkhand State Child Protection Society, Jharkhand StateJointly hosted training on prevention of child marriage, gender violence, effective prevention of child-centric risks, mental health and psychosocial Support focused training was organized. In which residential training was given to various training officers of Jharkhand State Women and Child Development Department, UNICEF, CCS, JSPLS, SKIPA, CIP, RINPAS, Higher and School Education Department. In this special training, child and women rights activist and advocate Dr. KritiBharti, who was the first person to annul the child marriage in the country, was included as a special trainer.
Dr. KritiBharti trained the above officials to work effectively for eradication of child marriage, annulment of child marriage and rehabilitation in which responsibilities of officers for prevention of child marriages, orientation and public awareness, developing ground force, on spot action process for child marriage, solutions to the challenges coming into the field, POCSO, JJ Act and Child Marriage Prohibition Act, and also gave lecture on counseling and rehabilitation efforts for victims etc.At the same time, to completely end child marriage, they were also informed about the legal process of annulling the child marriages.
On this occasion, Vikas Kumar, Deputy Secretary of State Child Protection Society of Jharkhand State, JSA Lecturer Thakur Gauri Shankar Sharma of SIRD Ranchi, JSA Officer Incharge of State Institute of Rural Development Jitendra Singh, UNICEF CPS PreetiSrivastava, UnicefJharkhand Child Protection Officer GauravYadav, NLU Officer Debarshiwere also present and others congratulated Dr. KritiBharti for her courageous work. At the same time, Dr. KritiBharti's bold campaign to abolish and prevent child marriage was praised openly.
It is noteworthy that Dr. KritiBharti keeps giving regular training in renowned institutes like Mussoorie IAS Training Institute LBSNAA, SashastraSeemaBal, State and District Legal Authority, Police Training Institute, RIPA Jaipur and UNICEF etc. Dr. Kriti had taken a unique initiative by getting the country's first child marriage annulled. Till now, Dr. Kriti has annulled the child marriages of 50 pairs and stopped thousands of child marriages which was included in 9 records including Limca Book of Records, Asia Book of Records, World Records India, India Book of Records. Dr. Kriti's campaign was also included in the CBSE curriculum. Dr. KritiBharti has been awarded the Change Maker Award by the international organization Girls Not Brides, International Honor in London, apart from being included in the BBC's list of 100 Inspirational Women, she has been awarded many national and international honors including Global Award, MarwarRatna, MewarRatna.