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Mar 23, 2021 · Full article: ‘If she gets married when she is young, she will give birth to many kids’: a qualitative study of child marriage practices amongst nomadic pastoralist communities in Kenya. Culture, Health & Sexuality. An International Journal for Research, Intervention and Care. Volume 24, 2022 - Issue 7. Open access. 5,379. Views. 2.
- Hattie Lowe, Leah Kenny, Rahma Hassan, Loraine J. Bacchus, Pauline Njoroge, Nana Apenem Dagadu, Maze...
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- Poverty
- Gaps in Laws and Enforcement
- Customary Practices and Religious Beliefs
- Maternal Mortality and Other Health Risks
- Halted Education
- Sexual and Domestic Violence
Pontinanta J. from South Sudan has nine siblings and neither of her parents is employed. She told Human Rights Watch that she was married in 2006 at the age of 13 because “my father did not want to pay my school fees. Sometimes we had no food at home.”Aguet N., married at age 15 to a 75-year-old man said, “This man went to my uncles and paid a dowr...
Legal frameworks play a powerful role in transforming norms and protecting girls’ rights. Relevant laws and regulations include those that set the minimum age for marriage at 18 for both girls and boys; requirements for birth and marriage registration; sexual violence and domestic violence laws; anti-corruption laws; and family status laws regulati...
Traditional beliefs about gender roles and sexuality and women and girls’ subordination undergird many customary practices, such as payment of dowry or bride price, which perpetuate child marriage. In a context of limited economic resources and opportunities, girls are often seen as economic assets whose marriages provide cattle, other animals, mo...
Child marriage is closely linked to early childbearing with consequences that can be fatal. Complications resulting from pregnancy and childbirth are the second leading cause of death among adolescent girls aged 15-19 years old globally. Research shows that girls aged 10-14 are five times more likely to die during delivery than mothers aged 20-24; ...
Many girls who attend school are forced to leave due to marriage, pregnancy, or family pressure. Although school administrators and teachers should play a critical role in monitoring and encouraging married girls to remain in school, formal or informal school policies often mean that they instead stigmatize and expel them from the education system....
Child marriage exposes girls and young women to violence, including marital rape, sexual and domestic violence, and emotional abuse. Rose M., a mother of two, was married when she was 16. She told us: “I experienced a lot of problems in my marriage. We had no food or clothes. We washed our clothes with leaves. My husband beat me at least twice a we...
Sep 27, 2022 · Child marriage comes with a heavy cost for young girls in Africa – but there’s one clear way out. Published: September 27, 2022 9:12am EDT. Early marriage has a number of negative effects...
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Jan 17, 2022 · Nigeria’s rates of child marriage are some of the highest on the African continent. The 2020 UN Development Program said in its development report that 43 percent of women ages 20 to 24 had...
3 days ago · Then, one afternoon in 2009, that close relationship shattered when Ms. Banda’s sister, at age 11, was forced to wed a man in his 30s who had impregnated her. “She became a different person ...
Dec 19, 2019 · This study explores the prevalence of child marriage among women aged 20–24 years in sub-Saharan Africa countries and examines the association between child marriage and fertility outcomes. Latest DHS data from 34 sub-Saharan African countries were used in this study.
Oct 27, 2021 · Child marriage is less prevalent in SDG region Northern America and Europe, and the highest levels in child marriage are observed in sub-Saharan African countries. In general, the rate of child marriage increases gradually until age 14 and accelerates significantly thereafter at ages 15, 16 and 17.
