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Jun 29, 2017 · Child marriage and education: impacts, costs, and benefits. A new report reveals the economic impacts and costs of child marriage, and how the practice relates to girls’ educational attainment. Children in the village of Guéchémé in Niger use a women’s prayer space to pursue their studies while a new school is being built.
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Economic impact of child marriage and loss of education for girls on labour force participation: key statistics: On average child marriage contributes to losses in earnings for women of 9% across the 15 countries studied.8 By ending child marriage, Burkina Faso could create $179 million per year in increased earnings and productivity.
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Sep 19, 2022 · The power of education to end child marriage. Child marriage is a violation of human rights that limits girls in reaching their full potential. This harmful practice is closely associated with deprivations in education, health, access to resources and empowerment. Chief among these deprivations is the exit from schooling that typically ...
Feb 28, 2022 · While the sequence has not been proven to exercise a casual role in adults’ economic lives, an extensive body of research indicates that each step—that is, education, work, and marriage—is associated with better economic outcomes for families with children (Lerman and Wilcox 2014; Wang and Wilcox 2020).
While child marriage does occur among both boys and girls, the prevalence is about six times higher among girls.5 Child marriage is deeply rooted in gender inequality and societal values that place less worth on girls than boys, deprive girls of their agency, and perpetuate systems in which women and girls have little power or voice. Child marriage
often spared early marriage Countries grouped by national child marriage prevalence 0–9 per cent 10–19 per cent 20–29 per cent 30–39 per cent 40 per cent or higher 0 25 50 75 100 Notes: Analysis based on a subset of 77 countries with available data on age at marriage and educational attainment. Together, these countries account for 81 ...
May 14, 2014 · The causality runs both ways: child marriage reduces educational attainment, and, conversely, girls with less access to quality education are more likely to marry early. Child marriage often constitutes a violation of the rights of girls who are encouraged or even forced to marry early. This practice is driven by poverty, cultural and social ...
