Child Marriage Laws around the World
Many countries allow child marriage - Pew Research Center
Almost all of the world's nations have laws specifying at which age a couple can marry, and in most of these countries, those under the age ...
Child Marriage Laws around the World: Minimum ... - PubMed Central
We analyze national legislation regarding minimum marriage age, exceptions permitting marriage at earlier ages, and gender disparities in laws.
Marriage before the age of 18 is a fundamental violation of human rights. Many factors interact to place a child at risk of marriage, including poverty, ...
Research has found that child marriages have many long-term negative consequences for child brides and grooms. Girls who marry as children often lack access to ...
These are the countries where child marriage is legal
Girls who marry as children are less likely to achieve their full potential. They are more likely to leave education early, suffer domestic ...
Where it happens - Girls Not Brides
Child marriage is a truly global issue that cuts across countries, cultures, religions and ethnicities. Explore our interactive atlas to understand the ...
LEGAL PROTECTIONS AGAINST CHILD MARRIAGE AROUND ...
age of marriage laws around the world and exceptions to minimum age laws that facilitate early marriage. Sixty-one countries (31%) globally legally allow ...
The legal minimum age of marriage is 19 for both men and women, but minors may marry with parental consent, regardless of gender. The law forbids legal ...
Child marriage - United Nations Population Fund
Child marriage is a human rights violation. Despite laws against it, the practice remains widespread: Globally, one in every five girls is formally married.
The law and child marriage - Girls Not Brides
Progressive legal frameworks are one element of a comprehensive response to address child marriage, as reflected within the Girls Not Brides Theory of ...
Child and forced marriage, including in humanitarian settings - ohchr
Child and forced marriage (CFM) is a human rights violation and a harmful practice that disproportionately affects women and girls globally, preventing them ...
Child Marriage | Council on Foreign Relations
Child marriage remains widespread in developing countries, disproportionately affecting girls and endangering their lives and livelihoods.
Child marriage refers to any formal marriage or informal union between a child under the age of 18 and an adult or another child.
Legislating and enforcing the minimum age of marriage: A ...
Early or child marriage is a human rights violation that denies girls the opportunity to develop to their full potential and has far-reaching consequences ...
Untying the knot: 10 worst places for child marriage - World Vision
650 million women alive today were child brides, and millions of girls are at risk of child marriage each year.
CHILD MARRIAGE LAWS AND THEIR LIMITATIONS - World Bank
Globally, even after accounting for exceptions to the legal age of marriage with parental or judicial consent,. 7.5 million girls marry ...
Trends in child marriage and new evidence on the selective impact ...
Our results suggest that changes in minimum-age-at-marriage laws were not effective in curbing early marriage in Benin, Mauritania, Kazakhstan, and Bhutan.
Child, early and forced marriage - Global Affairs Canada
An estimated 12 million girls aged under 18 marry against their will. This means there are currently more than 650 million women and girls worldwide who ...
5 Countries With Highest Numbers of Child Marriage - Global Citizen
Nearly all of the world's countries have legal minimum age requirements to protect children from child marriages. However, 117 of these ...
The 19th Explains: Why child marriage is still legal in 80% of US states
Child marriages create a “nightmare-ish legal trap,” for minors who don't have a right to escape from parents planning an unwanted wedding or to ...