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Child marriage
how to stop it?
giving girls more education opportunities
empowerment
encouraging changes in communities that have this tradition
give opportunity to more health services
child protection
legal and political structure to protect girls from this situation
what can education change?
mortality rate
the lack of family planning
the low control against sexually transmitted diseases
child marriage and early pregnancy
where we can find it?
countries
cultures
all around the world
religions
ethnicities
why are children forced to marry?
poverty
child marriage in poor places
many parents see their daughters' marriage as an escape
even if it doesn't last long
Conflicts and emergencies
this can strengthen a family's poverty and the chance for women to be sexually assaulted.
this makes parents want their daughters to marry to protect them of these things
gender inequality and traditions
girls are treated like products
products that are exchanged for the family to benefit
and this is about the culture of some places, even though this practice leads to abuse
the consequences
when children get married
they probably won't go back to school
because of the school and the fees to be paid
so these people will probably have to face a lot of poverty
early preganancy
this takes a lot of risks to the girl's health
her family and country lose
her potential contributions, economic and social
child brides
more than 60% of them have no formal education
an avarange 40000 children under the age of 18 are married
we have to stop this
it's out of control
education
when those girls marry early, they usually are taken form school
this is affecting their education
in some places, the most of the girls without education were married before 18 years
that's why we need to protect girls, child marriage is very much linked to the lack of a good education
with child marriage, many girls can also be forced to work.
it can also harm their health.
education can stop child marriage
they can also marry because of the lack of education
and then, the marriage is seen as a solution
girls in all over the world are becoming brides
before the age of 18
so what are the bad things most likely to happen?
domestic violence
abuse
those girls can also have children, and there are also a lot of risks
health complications
death in childbirth
infant mortality
early pregnancy
interruption in education
what is the law?
there is a minimum age for child marriage
the child marriage is a human rights violation and is not in line with several international agreements
but there are exceptions
with parental permission
the court or religious laws allow this practice
18 years old
what change should we urgently make?
progress has been made, but we need to act faster
education
ensure good and continuous access to education
protection in times of crisis
systems must be put in place for girls to receive support during crises
supporting schooling
empower more young people
the issue of child marriage needs to be addressed by girls and women