Incident Reports

Protesters demand the age of marriage be lower

2020-02-06

Lumbini, Banke, Nepalgunj

Protesters staged a demonstration on Thursday afternoon demanding that the age of marriage be 16 years. Police arrested Ramdev Mishra and Fulmati Paal for blocking the road at Dhamboji Chowk. 

There were almost 150 women in the protest. 

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Demonstration
Secondary Form Detention of Protesters
Primary Cause Other governance issues
Secondary Cause Freedom of Assembly
Actor 1 - Number of people 150
Actor 1 - Affiliations Protesters/demonstrators
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Government and civil servants at central level
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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