Latest items for AOM-PRACTICE-1
Feb. 19, 2025, 6:02 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Softly spoken and shy, Vidya says she never wanted a husband, but her father told her she didn’t have a choice and arranged for her to marry at 19" (para 42). "Of the 10 women CNN spoke with, at least four were in marriages arranged by their parents before they turned 18 - a decision they said they could not refuse" (para 64).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Softly spoken and shy, Vidya says she never wanted a husband, but her father told her she didn’t have a choice and arranged for her to marry at 19" (para 42). "Of the 10 women CNN spoke with, at least four were in marriages arranged by their parents before they turned 18 - a decision they said they could not refuse" (para 64).
Feb. 6, 2025, 7:27 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Child and forced marriages continue to take place in the form of 'Al-Fatiha' marriage" (7). "The Committee urges the State party to… Put in place policy measures to prohibit 'Al-Fatiha' marriages involving minors" (7-8). "The Committee notes with appreciation that the State party is considering repealing article 20 of the Family Code in order to eliminate exceptions to the minimum age of marriage. The Committee also notes the State party’s efforts to encourage the judiciary to make marriage under the age of 18 an exception, rather than the rule, and to raise awareness of the risks of early marriage" (12).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Child and forced marriages continue to take place in the form of 'Al-Fatiha' marriage" (7). "The Committee urges the State party to… Put in place policy measures to prohibit 'Al-Fatiha' marriages involving minors" (7-8). "The Committee notes with appreciation that the State party is considering repealing article 20 of the Family Code in order to eliminate exceptions to the minimum age of marriage. The Committee also notes the State party’s efforts to encourage the judiciary to make marriage under the age of 18 an exception, rather than the rule, and to raise awareness of the risks of early marriage" (12).
Feb. 3, 2025, 5:58 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"On Monday, following the visit of the three campaigners, President Lazarus Chakwera announced further funding for a national strategy to end child marriage. Until now there have been very few prosecutions" (para 22).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"On Monday, following the visit of the three campaigners, President Lazarus Chakwera announced further funding for a national strategy to end child marriage. Until now there have been very few prosecutions" (para 22).
Feb. 3, 2025, 1:49 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"The Iranian Statistical Center has stopped publishing birth statistics by maternal age since March 2023. However, available data indicate that between 2016 and 2022, an average of 1,438 births per year in Iran were recorded where the mother was under the age of 15" (Para 7). In Iran, a traditional society where marriage is required for having children, statistics from 2016 to 2022 reveal an average of 1,438 births per year to mothers under the age of 15, indicating that these girls were already married as children (UST - CODERS COMMENT).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"The Iranian Statistical Center has stopped publishing birth statistics by maternal age since March 2023. However, available data indicate that between 2016 and 2022, an average of 1,438 births per year in Iran were recorded where the mother was under the age of 15" (Para 7). In Iran, a traditional society where marriage is required for having children, statistics from 2016 to 2022 reveal an average of 1,438 births per year to mothers under the age of 15, indicating that these girls were already married as children (UST - CODERS COMMENT).
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes with concern… (c) The significant number of child marriages administered by municipal authorities, especially in deprived rural areas, their wide acceptance in society and the insufficient efforts made by the State party to prevent them and adequately punish perpetrators" (16-17).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes with concern… (c) The significant number of child marriages administered by municipal authorities, especially in deprived rural areas, their wide acceptance in society and the insufficient efforts made by the State party to prevent them and adequately punish perpetrators" (16-17).
Jan. 30, 2025, 4:08 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Though the legal age of marriage is 18, article 6 of the Personal Status Law allows guardians to contract some girls into marriage if their guardian deems the marriage in their 'best interest.' Moreover, though article 9 requires a woman’s consent in marriage, 'the silence of a minor is [considered] her consent.' The General Code of Children’s Protection provides sentences from five to 10 years of prison and a fine for a guardian who marries a child 'in the exclusive interest of the guardian,' without defining what that phrase means. According to UNICEF, between 2012 and 2018, 18% of girls were married by age 15, and 37% were married by...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Though the legal age of marriage is 18, article 6 of the Personal Status Law allows guardians to contract some girls into marriage if their guardian deems the marriage in their 'best interest.' Moreover, though article 9 requires a woman’s consent in marriage, 'the silence of a minor is [considered] her consent.' The General Code of Children’s Protection provides sentences from five to 10 years of prison and a fine for a guardian who marries a child 'in the exclusive interest of the guardian,' without defining what that phrase means. According to UNICEF, between 2012 and 2018, 18% of girls were married by age 15, and 37% were married by...more
Jan. 30, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Countries: India
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Bhimappa was not yet ten years old when she became a 'devadasi' – girls coerced by their parents into an elaborate wedding ritual with a Hindu deity, many of whom are then forced into illegal prostitution" (para 2). "It was at this temple [in Saundatti] that Sitavva D. Jodatti was enjoined to marry the goddess when she was eight years old" (para 21).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Bhimappa was not yet ten years old when she became a 'devadasi' – girls coerced by their parents into an elaborate wedding ritual with a Hindu deity, many of whom are then forced into illegal prostitution" (para 2). "It was at this temple [in Saundatti] that Sitavva D. Jodatti was enjoined to marry the goddess when she was eight years old" (para 21).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"[I]t notes with concern… (d) The existence of de facto unions between adults and children" (6).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"[I]t notes with concern… (d) The existence of de facto unions between adults and children" (6).
Jan. 28, 2025, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"UNICEF reported in April 2023 that 28% of girls are married before the legal age of 18, although under Iraqi law, girls as young as 15 can be married with the consent of judges and their parents" (para 22).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"UNICEF reported in April 2023 that 28% of girls are married before the legal age of 18, although under Iraqi law, girls as young as 15 can be married with the consent of judges and their parents" (para 22).
Jan. 10, 2025, 2:03 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Bilan has faced similar abuse for reporting on people living with HIV and Aids, another story on a woman who defied local hostility to welcome HIV-positive people into her house, and on teenage orphan girls forced into early marriage and later abandoned to bring up their children alone" (par. 7).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Bilan has faced similar abuse for reporting on people living with HIV and Aids, another story on a woman who defied local hostility to welcome HIV-positive people into her house, and on teenage orphan girls forced into early marriage and later abandoned to bring up their children alone" (par. 7).
Jan. 10, 2025, 12:09 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"For Zainab, 17, who was married two years ago in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the ban on contraceptives was a shock when she was told by her midwife last week" (para 11). This indicates that at least some women are married at the age of 15 or younger (MB2-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"For Zainab, 17, who was married two years ago in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the ban on contraceptives was a shock when she was told by her midwife last week" (para 11). This indicates that at least some women are married at the age of 15 or younger (MB2-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 9, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
Countries: Pakistan
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Top independent human rights experts expressed alarm on Monday at a rise in abductions of girls as young as 13 in Pakistan, who are forced to marry and convert to Islam. In their appeal to the authorities to stop the alleged abuse, the experts warned that teenagers had been 'kidnapped from their families, trafficked … far from their homes (and) made to marry men sometimes twice their age'" (para 1-2). "In a statement urging Pakistan to uphold the rights of women and children, the group of nearly a dozen independent experts and Special Rapporteurs, maintained that Pakistan’s courts had enabled the perpetrators by accepting 'fraudulent evidence' from them, regarding the...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Top independent human rights experts expressed alarm on Monday at a rise in abductions of girls as young as 13 in Pakistan, who are forced to marry and convert to Islam. In their appeal to the authorities to stop the alleged abuse, the experts warned that teenagers had been 'kidnapped from their families, trafficked … far from their homes (and) made to marry men sometimes twice their age'" (para 1-2). "In a statement urging Pakistan to uphold the rights of women and children, the group of nearly a dozen independent experts and Special Rapporteurs, maintained that Pakistan’s courts had enabled the perpetrators by accepting 'fraudulent evidence' from them, regarding the...more
Jan. 9, 2025, 4:08 p.m.
Countries: Kyrgyzstan
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"In accordance with Act No. 179 of 17 November 2016 on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Kyrgyz Republic (the Criminal Code, the Family Code), the Criminal Code establishes criminal liability for violations of the legislation on the age of marriage that occur in connection with the celebration of religious ceremonies (article 1551). Since the criminalization of such acts, a total of 17 cases have been recorded, and 10 criminal actions have been brought following investigations. As a result of the investigation and judicial review of these criminal cases, eight convictions were handed down and 22 persons were given suspended sentences" (4). "Ministry of Internal Affairs Order No. 1105...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"In accordance with Act No. 179 of 17 November 2016 on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Kyrgyz Republic (the Criminal Code, the Family Code), the Criminal Code establishes criminal liability for violations of the legislation on the age of marriage that occur in connection with the celebration of religious ceremonies (article 1551). Since the criminalization of such acts, a total of 17 cases have been recorded, and 10 criminal actions have been brought following investigations. As a result of the investigation and judicial review of these criminal cases, eight convictions were handed down and 22 persons were given suspended sentences" (4). "Ministry of Internal Affairs Order No. 1105...more
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:43 a.m.
Countries: India
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"She was married off to a sugar cane laborer in western India at about 14 — 'too young,' she says, 'to have any idea what marriage was'" (para 2). "Young girls are pushed into illegal child marriages so they can work alongside their husbands cutting and gathering sugar cane" (para 6). "In her wedding photographs, Ms. Chaure stares straight-faced into the camera. She had never met the groom. But that was normal. The same had happened to many of her friends. Like many rural women in Maharashtra, Ms. Chaure does not know her exact age. She figures she was about 14 on her wedding day" (para 61-62). "Several women recalled...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"She was married off to a sugar cane laborer in western India at about 14 — 'too young,' she says, 'to have any idea what marriage was'" (para 2). "Young girls are pushed into illegal child marriages so they can work alongside their husbands cutting and gathering sugar cane" (para 6). "In her wedding photographs, Ms. Chaure stares straight-faced into the camera. She had never met the groom. But that was normal. The same had happened to many of her friends. Like many rural women in Maharashtra, Ms. Chaure does not know her exact age. She figures she was about 14 on her wedding day" (para 61-62). "Several women recalled...more
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:25 a.m.
Countries: Niger
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"One woman answers that 'these days girls are lazy' and running a household gives them purpose. 'I will give my girl to marriage when she is 12 years old,' she says. Another woman says that sending a young girl to school is expensive, whereas suitors pay substantial bride prices. Most are concerned that their daughters will meet boys who will get them into trouble. Several mention drugs. These are fears Chamisa has heard before. Addressing each in turn, she explains the benefits of educating girls and the risks of getting pregnant at a young age" (para 2-3). "Others [mothers of young girls who are being encouraged to wait to marry...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"One woman answers that 'these days girls are lazy' and running a household gives them purpose. 'I will give my girl to marriage when she is 12 years old,' she says. Another woman says that sending a young girl to school is expensive, whereas suitors pay substantial bride prices. Most are concerned that their daughters will meet boys who will get them into trouble. Several mention drugs. These are fears Chamisa has heard before. Addressing each in turn, she explains the benefits of educating girls and the risks of getting pregnant at a young age" (para 2-3). "Others [mothers of young girls who are being encouraged to wait to marry...more
Jan. 8, 2025, 3:34 p.m.
Countries: Tajikistan
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"During the reporting period, representatives of the Commissioner for Human Rights actively participated in more than 42 events (conferences, round tables and workshops) on the rights and freedoms of women, gender equality, prevention of domestic violence and prevention of early marriages, among other topics" (p. 17). This suggests that there are child marriages that happen if they are working to prevent early marriages (IME - CODER COMMENT). "Fourteen theatrical educational programs reached 1,400 people on issues related to sexual and gender-based violence, including street harassment and dating violence, early and forced marriage, public bullying, healthy behaviour, and sexual reproductive health and rights in an accessible and engaging way" (p. 25)....more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"During the reporting period, representatives of the Commissioner for Human Rights actively participated in more than 42 events (conferences, round tables and workshops) on the rights and freedoms of women, gender equality, prevention of domestic violence and prevention of early marriages, among other topics" (p. 17). This suggests that there are child marriages that happen if they are working to prevent early marriages (IME - CODER COMMENT). "Fourteen theatrical educational programs reached 1,400 people on issues related to sexual and gender-based violence, including street harassment and dating violence, early and forced marriage, public bullying, healthy behaviour, and sexual reproductive health and rights in an accessible and engaging way" (p. 25)....more
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:39 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Those rules stemmed from the 1992 rape of a social worker, Bhanwari Devi, who tried to stop the marriage of a nine-month-old child" (para 7).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Those rules stemmed from the 1992 rape of a social worker, Bhanwari Devi, who tried to stop the marriage of a nine-month-old child" (para 7).
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:32 p.m.
Countries: Sierra Leone
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Ms. Barrie said that her family had begun pressuring her to marry when she was 10, and that she was disowned by her father when she was 15 for refusing. She said that she had worried that she would have to drop out of school" (para 13). "Many women and girls would still have to go against their neighbors, their husbands and their families to refuse a marriage, petition to end one or seek compensation. Ms. Barrie was ostracized for refusing pressure from her family. 'All of them came together and went against me,' she said. 'I became the worst person to them.' She said that she had tried to...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Ms. Barrie said that her family had begun pressuring her to marry when she was 10, and that she was disowned by her father when she was 15 for refusing. She said that she had worried that she would have to drop out of school" (para 13). "Many women and girls would still have to go against their neighbors, their husbands and their families to refuse a marriage, petition to end one or seek compensation. Ms. Barrie was ostracized for refusing pressure from her family. 'All of them came together and went against me,' she said. 'I became the worst person to them.' She said that she had tried to...more
Dec. 11, 2024, 11:39 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Deteriorating conditions in Myanmar and in neighboring Bangladesh’s refugee camps are driving scores of underage Rohingya girls to Malaysia for arranged marriages with Rohingya men who frequently abuse them, The Associated Press found in interviews with 12 young Rohingya brides who have arrived in Malaysia since 2022. The youngest was 13" (para 9). "When asked if they had protested their parents’ decisions to marry them off, they appeared confused. 'This was my only way out,' says 16-year-old F, still haunted by her memories of Myanmar, where in 2017 she watched as soldiers burned her house, raped her neighbors and fatally shot her aunt. In the years that followed, so frequent...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Deteriorating conditions in Myanmar and in neighboring Bangladesh’s refugee camps are driving scores of underage Rohingya girls to Malaysia for arranged marriages with Rohingya men who frequently abuse them, The Associated Press found in interviews with 12 young Rohingya brides who have arrived in Malaysia since 2022. The youngest was 13" (para 9). "When asked if they had protested their parents’ decisions to marry them off, they appeared confused. 'This was my only way out,' says 16-year-old F, still haunted by her memories of Myanmar, where in 2017 she watched as soldiers burned her house, raped her neighbors and fatally shot her aunt. In the years that followed, so frequent...more
Dec. 10, 2024, 3:41 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"The pressure to marry began when Amiee was in her early 20s. By 25, her Chinese parents were accusing her of causing them a public loss of face because she still had no plans to wed. Her father warned her that women are worth less to a man as they near the age of 30, when — according to Chinese government propaganda — their peak childbearing time has passed. When Amiee was 29, her mother threatened to jump off a building if she didn’t find a husband" (para 1-2). "I hear similar stories from single women across China, where sexist state propaganda labels single professional women older than 27 as...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"The pressure to marry began when Amiee was in her early 20s. By 25, her Chinese parents were accusing her of causing them a public loss of face because she still had no plans to wed. Her father warned her that women are worth less to a man as they near the age of 30, when — according to Chinese government propaganda — their peak childbearing time has passed. When Amiee was 29, her mother threatened to jump off a building if she didn’t find a husband" (para 1-2). "I hear similar stories from single women across China, where sexist state propaganda labels single professional women older than 27 as...more
Dec. 10, 2024, 3:31 p.m.
Countries: Ghana
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"An influential 63-year-old priest has sparked outrage in Ghana after marrying a 12-year-old girl who was selected to be his wife at the age of six. The priest, also known as a Gborbu Wulomo, Nuumo Borketey Laweh Tsuru XXXIII, married the child in a customary ceremony held in Nungua, Krowor, on Saturday" (para 1-2).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"An influential 63-year-old priest has sparked outrage in Ghana after marrying a 12-year-old girl who was selected to be his wife at the age of six. The priest, also known as a Gborbu Wulomo, Nuumo Borketey Laweh Tsuru XXXIII, married the child in a customary ceremony held in Nungua, Krowor, on Saturday" (para 1-2).
Dec. 6, 2024, 8:32 p.m.
Countries: Uganda
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Attracted by his then status as a cattle trader and butcher, Hasahya said villagers would offer their daughters' hand in marriage, even some below the age of 18" (para 10).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Attracted by his then status as a cattle trader and butcher, Hasahya said villagers would offer their daughters' hand in marriage, even some below the age of 18" (para 10).
Dec. 6, 2024, 8:24 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Instead, so far, the maternal expectations of Indian women have remained largely unchanged; the majority still get married by their early twenties" (para 44).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Instead, so far, the maternal expectations of Indian women have remained largely unchanged; the majority still get married by their early twenties" (para 44).
Dec. 6, 2024, 6:17 p.m.
Countries: Nepal
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"In a recently released judgement, the Supreme Court of Nepal held that an adult man who had married a minor female and engaged in sexual intercourse was not guilty of rape or kidnapping, but only of child marriage. The top court overturned a high court verdict that had imposed an 11-year jail term on the man. Instead, the Supreme Court reduced his prison term to six months with a fine of 10,000 Nepali rupees ($75)" (para 1-2). "The woman, who was not even 16 years old at the time of the marriage, has insisted in her testimony that she and the man were in love, and hence got married. The...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"In a recently released judgement, the Supreme Court of Nepal held that an adult man who had married a minor female and engaged in sexual intercourse was not guilty of rape or kidnapping, but only of child marriage. The top court overturned a high court verdict that had imposed an 11-year jail term on the man. Instead, the Supreme Court reduced his prison term to six months with a fine of 10,000 Nepali rupees ($75)" (para 1-2). "The woman, who was not even 16 years old at the time of the marriage, has insisted in her testimony that she and the man were in love, and hence got married. The...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:50 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"At nine months pregnant, there was no rest for the 13-year-old. Tamara (not her real name) had been sleeping on the floor of her aunt's small hut for several months after her husband, a man in his 20s, had run away. He had heard that social services were coming to rescue Tamara from their illegal marriage and took off before they arrived, leaving her to walk to her aunt's village" (para 3-5). "It is still unusual for social services to get involved in cases of child marriage, NGOs say, but attitudes appear to be changing among some local leaders. After a drive by the UN Population Fund in 2020, more...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"At nine months pregnant, there was no rest for the 13-year-old. Tamara (not her real name) had been sleeping on the floor of her aunt's small hut for several months after her husband, a man in his 20s, had run away. He had heard that social services were coming to rescue Tamara from their illegal marriage and took off before they arrived, leaving her to walk to her aunt's village" (para 3-5). "It is still unusual for social services to get involved in cases of child marriage, NGOs say, but attitudes appear to be changing among some local leaders. After a drive by the UN Population Fund in 2020, more...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:40 a.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1, ASR-DATA-2
"It is common for parents to choose the groom themselves and marry daughters off when they are still young — more than a third of girls are married by the time they are 18 — allowing the women little choice in their partners" (para 16).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1, ASR-DATA-2
"It is common for parents to choose the groom themselves and marry daughters off when they are still young — more than a third of girls are married by the time they are 18 — allowing the women little choice in their partners" (para 16).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:20 a.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"More girls than boys complete elementary school in Zimbabwe but one in three women were married before they reached 18, according to the United Nations children’s agency" (para 11). "'I have faced a lot of challenges because as a woman you have to be married when you turn into your 20s,' she said. 'Even growing up you will be told a woman must aspire for marriage, you must not aspire to be great'" (para 21).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"More girls than boys complete elementary school in Zimbabwe but one in three women were married before they reached 18, according to the United Nations children’s agency" (para 11). "'I have faced a lot of challenges because as a woman you have to be married when you turn into your 20s,' she said. 'Even growing up you will be told a woman must aspire for marriage, you must not aspire to be great'" (para 21).
Dec. 5, 2024, 6:08 p.m.
Countries: Tajikistan
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1, AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Amina comes from Isfara, in the northern Sughd region, but moved to the capital, Dushanbe, with her parents a long time ago. After she finished ninth grade, her parents married her off. 'They chose a husband for me. I didn't even know what he looked like, but I knew he was two years older than me,' Amina said" (para 10-11).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1, AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Amina comes from Isfara, in the northern Sughd region, but moved to the capital, Dushanbe, with her parents a long time ago. After she finished ninth grade, her parents married her off. 'They chose a husband for me. I didn't even know what he looked like, but I knew he was two years older than me,' Amina said" (para 10-11).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:42 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry is always looking for avenues to bring the much-needed change to end child marriages in the country, Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri. The minister said although it was an uphill task, the ministry was not willing to give up on the issue" (par. 1-2). '"We can continue to push and pressure but they can also ask ‘who are you to tell us what to do’, but as I have said situation differs for each state with their own culture,” she said when asked about the efforts to end child marriage in the country' [Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri]" (par. 5).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry is always looking for avenues to bring the much-needed change to end child marriages in the country, Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri. The minister said although it was an uphill task, the ministry was not willing to give up on the issue" (par. 1-2). '"We can continue to push and pressure but they can also ask ‘who are you to tell us what to do’, but as I have said situation differs for each state with their own culture,” she said when asked about the efforts to end child marriage in the country' [Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri]" (par. 5).
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:26 p.m.
Countries: Malta
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"The Directorate for Child Protection Services identified a case of a forced marriage where an underage girl was wed for €5,000. "She was not old enough to get married, but her family basically promised to wed her when she was of legal age,” director Steve Libreri from the Directorate for Child Protection Services said" (para 1,2). "Libreri [from the Directorate for Child Protextive Services] said research by the directorate shows underage women are “sold” in a “promise of wedding” at very young ages. He also highlighted how individuals involved in the practice are so immersed in their community’s culture, that they find no issue with the arranged marriages. 'It is...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"The Directorate for Child Protection Services identified a case of a forced marriage where an underage girl was wed for €5,000. "She was not old enough to get married, but her family basically promised to wed her when she was of legal age,” director Steve Libreri from the Directorate for Child Protection Services said" (para 1,2). "Libreri [from the Directorate for Child Protextive Services] said research by the directorate shows underage women are “sold” in a “promise of wedding” at very young ages. He also highlighted how individuals involved in the practice are so immersed in their community’s culture, that they find no issue with the arranged marriages. 'It is...more