THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND (UNICEF) COOPERATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA IN ERADICATE CHILD MARRIAGE IN INDIA (2010-2012)

Abstract

This thesis will analyzed about the implementation of United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) cooperation with the government of India to eradicate child marriage in India in the period of 2010-2012. The purpose of this study is to explain the implementation of UNICEF by analyzing the cooperation programs between UNICEF as the International Organizations (IGOs) part of the United Nations (UN) bodies with the government of India, analyze the effectiveness of UNICEF’s implementation in eradicate child marriage cases in India and to see the challenges and opportunities faced by UNICEF in dealing with child marriage cases in India. This research will using the qulitative methods with the analyze using the primary data from UNICEF. This research find out that in2007, India become the second country with the highest rates of child marriage in the world. Therefore, the government of India set up national and international policies to handle child marriage cases in India. In trying to establish the policy, the government of India also in cooperation with UNICEF to face the case of child marriage in India. This thesis will be analyzed using the theory of International Organizations that will be seen from the roles of International organizations with regime approach. The result of this thesis found out that, the collaboration between UNICEF and government of India is capable of handling the causal factors of child marriage cases in India among others, education, culture and public perception regarding the safety of children. Then, UNICEF has an effective role in dealing with cases of child marriage in India is shown by the decrease in the number of child marriage in India in 2010-2012.