LUCKNOW, Nov. 20 -- Child marriage survivors and young girl representatives from four Uttar Pradesh districts met senior officers of the Women and Child Security Organization (WCSO) of UP Police on World Children's Day (November 20).

The programme, organised in collaboration with the British Asian Trust at 1090 headquarters in Lucknow, highlighted the role girls are playing in preventing child marriages and promoting safety in their communities.

The children also presented a short film they scripted and acted in-'Badhte Bacche', a WCSO production on consent, "bad touch", and the power of saying no. The film urges teenagers to recognise unsafe situations, reject early relationships, avoid elopement, and speak up against child marriage. U...