child marriage
Child marriage remains a critical global issue, affecting millions of girls annually, particularly in developing countries. International conventions, such as CEDAW and CRC, emphasize that marriage should be an adult decision.
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child marriage problems for a girl they can be subjected to killings
beatings
abuse
rape
adolescent pregnancy Subtema
can limit her foundational life choices set aside chances for a career end education exposure to sexually transmitted infections, including HIV complications related to pregnancy and child birth main cause of death in developing countries human rights violation coersion fear undue pressure causes tradition some parents see
their daughters as a burden or even a commodity dowry some parents genuinely believe that marriage will secure their daughters’ future poverty humanitarian crises International conferences and conventions on child marriage All countries agree that It is an adult decision
and a decision that should be made, when ready, as an adult International Conference on Population and Development in 1994 (ICPD Convention on the Elimination of all
Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) more information Video Text Glossary See pages iv - vi
solutions policy makers Mitigating the harmful impact of child marriage on girls. Expanding prevention programmes that empower girls at risk of child marriage and address the root causes underlying the practice Using data to identify and target geographic “hotspots” – areas with high proportions and numbers of girls at risk of child marriage enactment of laws that rise the age of marriage to 18 for both girls and boys postpone marriage until girs are ready ensuring access to health services education investing in girls developing their social and economic assets current state of affairs complications from pregnancy and childbirth together are the main cause of death among adolescent girls 15-19 in developing countries 50 million girls could still be at risk of being married before
their 15th birthday in this decade child marriages are
declining among girls under age 15 This will rise to an average of 15.1 million
girls a year, starting in 2021 until 2030, if present trends continue In the next decade 14.2 million girls under 18 will be married every
year Over 67 million women 20-24 year old in 2010 had been married as girls. Half were
in Asia, one-fifth in Africa Most of these girls are poor, less-educated, and living in
rural areas One out of nine girls will
be married before their 15th birthday one in three girls in developing
countries (excluding China) will probably be married before they are 18.
