Storytelling : An innovative initiative to stop child 

 marriage 

 Challenge and Selection 

 Storytelling is a great tool to motivate people to bring change in them . Storytelling is a   process where the speaker knitted the story with actor and actress with strong but   compelling message and the audience find themselves inside the story . I choose to use this   tool to motivate people because I found it most convenient for me . Due to my   administrative authority I have to speak , communicate and meet with all kinds of people of   the society and they usually prefer to listen my speech . So this is a great opportunity for me   to tell stories to my audience and the service seekers . 

 Child marriage is a big problem in my country . According to UNICEF report , “ the State of   the World ’s Children , 2009 ” , 64 % of girls married before age 18 . Along with Child Marriage   Act , 1929 , the minimum age for marriage is 18 years for female and child marriage is   punishable by law . Though we have legal instrument , the rate of child marriage is very high   in rural area for many reasons . As I am serving as an administrative officer having   executive magistracy authority , I have to stop and sentence punishment for arranging child   marriage . But these are extreme measures I have to take when the illegal marriage is   occurring neglecting our request .   So I planned to make awareness through motivating the   parents to prevent child marriage . In rural area , parents believe that their female child   should be married at early age for many reasons- social tradition ( due to misleading   religious and social belief ) , dowry ( higher the age higher dowry practiced mostly in the   Hindu community ) , poverty , insecurity , not interested to invest after girl for education etc .   Due to my work responsibility I have the opportunity to visit schools and attend their   ‘ guardian assembly ’ especially the ‘ mother assembly ’ which occurs once in every month . I   selected to tell them a story taken from my colleague ’s personal life and motivate them   through the story . I found it interesting when I used to tell the story to school girls and   their parents , they appreciate the story very much and dream to become like my colleague . 

 Application 

 First , let me share the story with you . My colleague who is a female officer in civil service   told me the story which is taken from her childhood . When she was 16 years of age , her   father set her marriage with a magistrate who was also serving in civil service . But her   mother was not agreed with the decision and she denied and protested . She played a strong   role to protect her daughter from child marriage because she knew the hazards which will   occur after the marriage . She explained her family members about the physical and mental   shocks which will happen to the bride . She made promise to everyone that one day her 

 daughter would became magistrate by her own and she would provide every necessary   measure about her education . Due to her strong protest , my colleague ’s father compelled to   change his decision and provided all support for education . Now my colleague is a civil   servant as well as a magistrate and interestingly her husband is also a magistrate . Both of   her parents now feel proud that their decision was so right that now they get two   magistrates at same time in their family . 

 When I used to tell the story to students and their parents , I also try to make them   understand what might happen if child marriage occurred to a girl and how they can make   assets by educating her instead of marrying her at early age . I also share other stories from   my experiences from the girls whose marriages were stopped by me and later they are   doing well in their studies . In one assembly I took one such girl and her parents with me   and represent her in front of audience to share her experience and success . The feedbacks I   get from them are so inspiring- one day after my storytelling one father stood up and he   promised that he would support his daughters and nieces to make them educated so they   can walk raising their heads high . 

 Insight 

 The insights I got from the events that , people in rural or urban know about illegality of   child marriage , but when they get a good bridegroom ( in their definition ) the family   members force the girl to sit for the marriage without thinking far . They believe , girls have   to be married one day so why not now when you get the best bridegroom . And in some   community the parents believe rather to invest after education they will provide dowry   with that money . Mostly , uneducated and poverty driven parents are prone to get their   girls in early marriage . They do n’t try to understand the potential which yet to flourish   inside the girls . They do n’t foresee the possibilities among them . The storytelling tool   actually incite the hopes among the parents and they start to believe that their girls will   one day raise their heads high and not only them but also the society will feel proud for   them .   After listening the stories the audiences are sharing the stories to others in tea stall   or in house female gathering . So the stories are moving from ear to ear and make them   thinking about their girls ’ future . This tool can make them dreaming and the girls can build   their confidence to protect themselves from child marriage . 

 Approach 

 I have shared my views and experiences with my senior authorities and abled to convince   them to apply this approach to replicate in their jurisdiction . I plan to expand the   storytelling tool involving the girls whose marriages were stopped by administration or   local elites . These girls ’ stories will inspire other girls and parents . The girls can form   committee involving local representatives , elites and others who can take immediate steps 

 to stop child marriage and aware the vulnerable and prone families . Storytelling is a   powerful tool through which we can take innovative motivation initiative to change our   society . 


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ID_NUM: 
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STREET_ADDRESS: 
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### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Storytelling : An innovative initiative to stop child 

 marriage 

 Challenge and Selection 

 Storytelling is a great tool to motivate people to bring change in them . Storytelling is a   process where the speaker knitted the story with actor and actress with strong but   compelling message and the audience find themselves inside the story . I choose to use this   tool to motivate people because I found it most convenient for me . Due to my   administrative authority I have to speak , communicate and meet with all kinds of people of   the society and they usually prefer to listen my speech . So this is a great opportunity for me   to tell stories to my audience and the service seekers . 

 Child marriage is a big problem in my country . According to UNICEF report , “ the State of   the World ’s Children , 2009 ” , 64 % of girls married before age 18 . Along with Child Marriage   Act , 1929 , the minimum age for marriage is 18 years for female and child marriage is   punishable by law . Though we have legal instrument , the rate of child marriage is very high   in rural area for many reasons . As I am serving as an administrative officer having   executive magistracy authority , I have to stop and sentence punishment for arranging child   marriage . But these are extreme measures I have to take when the illegal marriage is   occurring neglecting our request .   So I planned to make awareness through motivating the   parents to prevent child marriage . In rural area , parents believe that their female child   should be married at early age for many reasons- social tradition ( due to misleading   religious and social belief ) , dowry ( higher the age higher dowry practiced mostly in the   Hindu community ) , poverty , insecurity , not interested to invest after girl for education etc .   Due to my work responsibility I have the opportunity to visit schools and attend their   ‘ guardian assembly ’ especially the ‘ mother assembly ’ which occurs once in every month . I   selected to tell them a story taken from my colleague ’s personal life and motivate them   through the story . I found it interesting when I used to tell the story to school girls and   their parents , they appreciate the story very much and dream to become like my colleague . 

 Application 

 First , let me share the story with you . My colleague who is a female officer in civil service   told me the story which is taken from her childhood . When she was 16 years of age , her   father set her marriage with a magistrate who was also serving in civil service . But her   mother was not agreed with the decision and she denied and protested . She played a strong   role to protect her daughter from child marriage because she knew the hazards which will   occur after the marriage . She explained her family members about the physical and mental   shocks which will happen to the bride . She made promise to everyone that one day her 

 daughter would became magistrate by her own and she would provide every necessary   measure about her education . Due to her strong protest , my colleague ’s father compelled to   change his decision and provided all support for education . Now my colleague is a civil   servant as well as a magistrate and interestingly her husband is also a magistrate . Both of   her parents now feel proud that their decision was so right that now they get two   magistrates at same time in their family . 

 When I used to tell the story to students and their parents , I also try to make them   understand what might happen if child marriage occurred to a girl and how they can make   assets by educating her instead of marrying her at early age . I also share other stories from   my experiences from the girls whose marriages were stopped by me and later they are   doing well in their studies . In one assembly I took one such girl and her parents with me   and represent her in front of audience to share her experience and success . The feedbacks I   get from them are so inspiring- one day after my storytelling one father stood up and he   promised that he would support his daughters and nieces to make them educated so they   can walk raising their heads high . 

 Insight 

 The insights I got from the events that , people in rural or urban know about illegality of   child marriage , but when they get a good bridegroom ( in their definition ) the family   members force the girl to sit for the marriage without thinking far . They believe , girls have   to be married one day so why not now when you get the best bridegroom . And in some   community the parents believe rather to invest after education they will provide dowry   with that money . Mostly , uneducated and poverty driven parents are prone to get their   girls in early marriage . They do n’t try to understand the potential which yet to flourish   inside the girls . They do n’t foresee the possibilities among them . The storytelling tool   actually incite the hopes among the parents and they start to believe that their girls will   one day raise their heads high and not only them but also the society will feel proud for   them .   After listening the stories the audiences are sharing the stories to others in tea stall   or in house female gathering . So the stories are moving from ear to ear and make them   thinking about their girls ’ future . This tool can make them dreaming and the girls can build   their confidence to protect themselves from child marriage . 

 Approach 

 I have shared my views and experiences with my senior authorities and abled to convince   them to apply this approach to replicate in their jurisdiction . I plan to expand the   storytelling tool involving the girls whose marriages were stopped by administration or   local elites . These girls ’ stories will inspire other girls and parents . The girls can form   committee involving local representatives , elites and others who can take immediate steps 

 to stop child marriage and aware the vulnerable and prone families . Storytelling is a   powerful tool through which we can take innovative motivation initiative to change our   society .
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