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The process of child marriage
- the parents of a girl must pay a dowry to the future husband
Current laws middle east
- attempt to make age for girls 17
- blocked by traditional and religious leaders and the parliament's sharia committee
- Regulations are being drafted in Saudi Arabia
Current laws USA
- In all but one state 18
- Nebraska only one 19
- between 16-17 parents agreement
Countries with the highest Numbers of Child marriage
-India
- Bangladesh
- Nigeria
Why happening?
- Tradition
- Gender Roles
- Poverty
- Security
- more than 30% of female population married before 18th birthday
- half of girls in India are child brides
- 90% of adolescence take place within marriage
- 39 000 child brides every day
Problems with child marriage
- laws not clear
- reinforces gender inequality, violates human rights
- disempowered, dependent in their husbands
Tue
- 5 categories
- education
-> child marriage often means the end of education for girls
-> can be on of the most powerful tools to enable girls to avoid early marriage
- Health
-> complications in pregnancy and childbirth
-> When a mother is under 20 the baby is more likely to die in it's forst weeks of life
-> Girls under 15 are five times more likely to die during childbirth than women in their 20s
-> Child brides often face intense social pressure to prove their fertility
-> 22% of child brides un
- Poverty
-> poveryt is one of the main drivers of child marriage
-> traps girls and their families in a cycle of poverty
-> If a girl doesn't marry young she'll be healthier
- Safety
-> Girls who are married under 18 are more likely to experience domestic abuse -> no say
-> affects mental health
-> marriage makes girl be safer
- Human Rights and Justice
-> Marriage shall be only if both agree
-> child marriage is a violation of Human rights
-> In some cases Child marriage could be considered slavery
FGM
- Female genital mutilation
- cutting, pricking, scraping, sewing, piercing
- unsanitary razor blades or knives are used
- Over 140 million girls and women have gone under FGM
- Social reasons
- culture and tradition
- ensure virginity
- girl has become woman
- girl's beauty
- Issues
- serious injury
- extreme pain
- infection
- non virgins ruined for marriage
What is being done about child marriage
- Crisis lines
- women's shelters
- Breakthrough Global, Forward UK, Girls UP USA, Save the children global, World vision
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