Conditional Cash Transfers and Child Marriages in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana: An Exploratory Study

The study deployed qualitative research methods of semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with government officials, non-governmental organization representatives, religious leaders, families of beneficiaries, adolescent girls, and front- line workers. The field work was conducted in November-December 2018 and in all, 43 individual interviews and 6 focus group discussions with 84 individuals were done. Our findings indicate that the conditionality of minimum legal age at marriage for granting of financial assistance has led to public perception of child marriage as a detrimental practice. However, negative spin-offs such as the reinforcing of dowry and inflation of marriage expenses appears to have ...

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Study on the Effectiveness of Child Sponsorship in the Lives of Sponsored Children

The study followed a mixed method approach, involving both qualitative and quantitative data. The modes of data collection were Household Survey for the quantitative data and Key Informant Interviews with Teachers, Anganwadi workers, members of Community Based Organizations and ADP staff. FGDs were held with the sample of sponsored children and their parents. The Findings were – (a) Inclusion of communities and direct benefits to RC; (b) Perception about Sponsorship; (c) Awareness of criteria for inclusion; (d) Inclusion of the most vulnerable; Benefits to community from ADP; (e) Reasons for leaving sponsorship; (f) Expanding the inclusive nature of WVI activities; ...

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Perceptions about Child Abuse: An Exploratory Study in Two Districts of Andhra Pradesh (2018)

Two districts were chosen for this study – East Godavari and Krishna in the state of Andhra Pradesh where the operations of the international funding organization are ongoing. This study did a Purposive Maximum Variation Sampling. East Godavari district has 2 urban and 62 rural mandals while Krishna district has one urban and 49 rural mandals. In East Godavari, the two urban mandals were selected as well as three rural mandals. The rural mandals were selected based on the criteria of literacy rates – one each from the lowest quintile, from the middle quintile and from the highest quintile. Similarly, ...

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