Child Marriage Laws around the World

Child Marriage and the Law - Wellesley Centers for Women

This paper is part of the Legislative Reform Initiative – Paper Series, (LRI - Paper series) spearheaded by the Global Policy Section of UNICEF.

United States' Child Marriage Problem: Study Findings (April 2021)

Nearly 300,000 minors, under age 18, were legally married in the U.S. between 2000 and 2018, this study found. A few were as young as 10, though nearly all ...

Ending child marriage in the United States | White & Case LLP

Marriage laws in ten states fail to specify a minimum age limit, and there is no federal legislation banning the practice. Nearly 300,000 children, some as ...

Child marriage - Theirworld

Every year, millions of girls around the world become brides before the age of 18. This puts them at risk of violence and early pregnancy.

Defining and deconstructing girl child marriage and applications to ...

An estimated 650 million girls and women alive today married before their 18th birthday. Referred to as girl child marriage, the formal or ...

The legal loopholes that perpetuate child marriage

Between today and this time next year, around 15 million girls under the age of 18 will be married—joining the ranks of another 700 million former child brides ...

Iraq's new family law amendment could potentially legalize child ...

The Iraqi parliament recently proposed an amendment that could potentially legalize child marriage for girls as young as nine, ...

World Report 2016: Ending Child Marriage | Human Rights Watch

Other impacts include marital rape, heightened risk of domestic violence, poor access to decent work, exploitation doing unpaid labor, risk of HIV transmission, ...

Stop Child Marriage - World Bank

Child marriage is recognized as a major development issue that affects girls in many countries. In Bangladesh, women aged 18-22 who married as children has ...

Ending Child Marriage - Zonta International

12 million girls are married before they turn 18. This is 28 girls every minute. Overall, global progress would need to be 20 times faster to eliminate child ...

Towards a world with no child marriage: four countries pledge action

A married girl is usually not in school. She is vulnerable to early pregnancy, with its associated health risks.

Marriage with consent of a public authority and/or public figure

The European Convention on Human Rights guarantees the right to marry for those of 'marriageable age' according to national laws (Article 12). In General ...

These are the countries where child marriage is legal - Medium

If current trends continue, the number of girls who marry as children will reach nearly one billion by 2030. That's according to the UN, ...

It's Time to End Child Marriage in the United States

In a 2014 statement commemorating the International Day of the Girl, President Barack Obama called child marriage a “threat to fundamental human ...

Child marriage and the human rights of girls

The Convention defines a 'child' as a person below the age of 18, unless the laws of a particular country set the legal age for adulthood ...

Are age-of-marriage laws enforced? Evidence from developing ...

Child marriage bans are typically followed by a fall in measured enforcement. •. Argues that legal change on its own is likely to be insufficient. Abstract.

STUDENT ESSAY Niger's Approach to Child Marriage: A Violation ...

According to reports by UNICEF, 650 million girls and women alive today were married as children. The global rate of child marriage still ...

Norway to ban child marriage as it seeks to set a global example

Norway approved a law banning all child marriage on Tuesday, with campaigners saying it would set an example to others ahead of a global ...

table presentation | Legal Age for Marriage - UNdata

Country or area, Minimum Legal Age for Marriage, Source year, Source. Without parental consent, With parental consent.

Child Marriage - Rationale, Historical Views, And Consequences

Though increasingly frowned upon across much of today's world, throughout history adolescent marriages have been commonplace in many cultures.