In Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, where economic growth runs ahead of social investment, young tribal girls are still being pushed into early marriage and motherhood. A two-decade-long study tracking childhoods across the region reveals how poverty, poor access to education and entrenched gender norms continue to shape futures. Even as some break the cycle through support and schooling, many others remain caught between policy promises and lived realities, find Lavpreet Kaur, K. Umashanker and Sumit Bhattacharjee
In Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, where economic growth runs ahead of social investment, young tribal girls are still being pushed into early marriage and motherhood. A two-decade-long study tracking childhoods across the region reveals how poverty, poor access to education and entrenched gender norms continue to shape futures. Even as some break the cycle through support and schooling, many others remain caught between policy promises and lived realities, find Lavpreet Kaur, K. Umashanker and Sumit Bhattacharjee