Early marriage is the marriage of children and adolescents below the age of 18. Causes: According to UNICEF’s Innocenti Research Centre‚ the "practice of marrying girls at a young age is most common in Sub-Saharan African and South Asia". There are specific parts of West Africa and East Africa and of South Asia where marriages before puberty are not unusual. However‚ the Centre also notes that marriage shortly after puberty is common among those living traditional lifestyles in the Middle East
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Early marriage refers to any marriage before the legal age of marriage which may differ from country to country. The legal age of marriage differs by sex‚ for example‚ in some countries in Africa it is 18 for males and only 15 for females. Forced early marriages are known to cause reproductive health risk to the girl child and they also make them feel isolated. DEFINITION-The act of being married early in hopes that one can benefit marriage through financial and social problems. -The act of leaving
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Early Marriage in South Asia A DISCUSSION PAPER Contents INTRODUCTION 2 THE PREVALENCE OF EARLY MARRIAGE 3 CAUSES OF EARLY MARRIAGE 5 CONSEQUENCES OF EARLY MARRIAGE 8 RESPONSES TO EARLY MARRIAGE OF CHILDREN 16 Introduction Early marriage affects millions of children through the world. It is widely practiced in the countries of South Asia where every year millions of girls-preteens and teens- become the wives of older men. Young girls are married
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INNOCENTI DIGEST No.7 - March 2001 EARLY MARRIAGE CHILD SPOUSES s OVERVIEW s HOW COMMON IS EARLY MARRIAGE? s EARLY MARRIAGE: THE CAUSES AND CONTEXT s THE IMPACT OF EARLY MARRIAGE s TAKING ACTION s THE NEED FOR RESEARCH s IN CONCLUSION s LINKS s REFERENCES EARLY MARRIAGE w CONTENTS EDITORIAL OVERVIEW Neglect of the rights perspective Scope of the Digest HOW COMMON IS EARLY MARRIAGE? EARLY MARRIAGE: THE CAUSES AND CONTEXT Early marriage as a strategy for economic survival Protecting girls
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Topic: Early Marriage: A Global Phenomenon Facts of the Study: Early marriage is a global issue. It is quite common in the African and Asian countries. However‚ the consequence of early marriage is serious‚ which can violate the rights of adolescence‚ both in this generation and the next. It affects the education and well-being of millions of children and has a knock-on effect for the poverty and development of communities. Simply put‚ early marriage can violate children basic rights to a childhood
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Getting married at a young age is not new in our society‚ especially amongst the Malay communities. The phenomenon of early marriage seems to be a trend and lifestyle among young people today‚ especially those who live in rural areas. In the early twenties of the age they have begun talking and thinking about marriage. For some‚ they accept and assume this as common in Malay traditions and communities‚ but for others‚ they consider that this situation and phenomenon should be changed as in line with
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Throughout the world‚ marriage is regarded as a moment of celebration and a milestone in adult life. Sadly‚ in this forum discussion makes clear; the practice of early marriage gives no such cause for celebration. All too often‚ the imposition of a marriage partner upon a child means that a girl or boy’s childhood is cut short and their fundamental rights are compromised. We have encountered the phenomena of child marriage and early marriage on numerous occasions. While much of the impact remains
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Early Marriage >>Child marriage and child betrothal customs occur in various times and places‚ whereby children are given in matrimony - before marriageable ageas defined by the commentator and often before puberty. Today such customs are fairly widespread in parts of Africa‚ Asia‚ Oceania and South America: in former times it occurred also in Europe. It is frequently associated with arranged marriage. In some cases only one marriage-partner is a child‚ usually the female‚ due to importance placed
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CAUSE AND EFFECT OF EARLY MARRIAGE TO THE TEENAGER OF CAVITE Wilfred Leovic Albino Edson Carampot Michael Vida A term paper presented to the faculty of the Department of General Education‚ Cavite State University- Trece Martires City Campus‚ Trece Martires City‚ Cavite in partial fulfillment of the requirements for English 7: Scientific and Technical Writing subject prepared under the supervision of Ms. Vienna Mi A. Austria. INTRODUCTION
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Term Paper in Sociology “Early Marriage” Submitted to: Mr. Abraham Diopenes Submitted by: Nikko B. Fernandez BSHM III TTH ( 2:30 – 4:00 ) Introduction: Early marriage is also known as teen marriage and it is typically defined as the union of two adolescents‚ joined in marriage from at a young age starting from the age of 14 years old. Until the late 20th century‚ teen marriage was very common and instrumental in securing a family‚ continuing a blood lineage and producing offspring for
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