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/CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
Child marriage is defined as a formal marriage or informal union entered
into by an individual before reaching the age of 18. While child marriage is
observed for both boys and girls, the overwhelming majority of those affected by
the practice are girls, most of whom are in poor socioeconomic situations. It is
related to child betrothal and teenage pregnancy.
In ma ny cases, only one marriage-partner is a child, usually the female, due to
importance placed upon female virginity. Child marriages are also driven by
poverty, bride price, dowry, cultural traditions, laws that allow child marriages,
religious and social pressures, regional customs, fear of remaining unmarried,
illiteracy, and perceived inability of women to work for money.
child marriages were common throughout human history. today, child
marriages are still fairly widespread in some developing areas of the world, such as
parts of africa, south asia, southeast and east asia, west asia, latin america, and
oceania. the incidence rates of child marriage have been falling in most parts of the
world. the five nations with the highest observed rates of child marriages in the
world, below the age of 18, are niger, chad, mali, bangladesh and guinea. the top
three nations with greater than 20% rates of child marriages below the age of 15
are niger, bangladesh and guinea.
as many as 1 in 3 girls in developing areas of the world are married before
reaching the age of 18, and an estimated 1 in 9 girls in developing countries are
married by age 15. one of the most commons causes of death for girls aged 15 to
/CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
Cmarriage is defined as a formal marriage or informal union entered into by
an individual before reaching the age of 18. While child marriage isobserved for
both boys and girls, the overwhelming majority of those affected by the practice
are girls, most of whom are in poor socioeconomic situations. It is related to child
betrothal and teenage pregnancy.
In many cases, only one marriage-partner is a child, usually the female, due
to importance placed upon female virginity. Child marriages are also driven
poverty, bride price, dowry, cultural traditions, laws that allow child marriages,
religious and social pressures, regional customs, fear of remaining unmarried,
illiteracy, and perceived inability of women to work for money.
child marriages were common throughout human history. today, child
marriages are still fairly widespread in some developing areas of the world, such as
parts of africa, south asia, southeast and east asia, west asia, latin america, and
oceania. the incidence rates of child marriage have been falling in most parts of the
world. the five nations with the highest observed rates of child marriages in the
world, below the age of 18, are niger, chad, mali, bangladesh and guinea. the top
three nations with greater than 20% rates of child marriages below the age of 15
are niger, bangladesh and guinea.
19 in developing countries was pregnancy and child birth. to protect
vulnerable children from exploitation, various age of consent and marriageable age
laws have been made.