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Unregistered Marriages: A Bureaucratic Blight

Children of unregistered unions face denial of basic rights, including education. The state must act.

Unregistered Marriages: A Bureaucratic Blight
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The state’s failure to legitimise all unions, regardless of religious or civil status, directly harms children. Denying education based on parental marital status is a barbaric act of administrative cruelty. Every child deserves a birthright to learning, not a life shackled by adult bureaucracy. When will common sense prevail over red tape?

The strongest counter

While the state has a role, personal responsibility for legalising marriages rests with the parents. Their choices have consequences for their children.

Audit trail
  • ·Children’s rights
  • ·State bureaucracy
  • ·Access to education
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