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Various international organizations, including UNICEF, have campaigned for laws to ban arranged marriages of children, as well as forced marriages. [96] Article 15 and 16 of The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) specifically cover marriage and family law, which support such a ban. [97] [98]
In many cultures, it is usual for parents to decide their adult children's marriages; this is called an arranged marriage. Marriages of convenience that are sham, and arranged marriages that are forced, are against the law in many jurisdictions. [1]
The 1980 Marriage Law followed the same format of the 1950 law, but it was amended in 2001 to introduce and synthesize a national code of family planning. [17] This Marriage Law abolished the feudal marriage system, which included arranged marriage, male superiority, and the disregard for the interests of children. [18]
Tongyangxi (traditional Chinese: 童養媳; simplified Chinese: 童养媳; pinyin: tóngyǎngxí), also known as Shim-pua marriage in Hokkien (Chinese: 媳婦仔; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-pū-á or sim-pū-á; and in phonetic Hokkien transcription using Chinese characters: 新婦仔), was a tradition of arranged marriage dating back to pre-modern ...
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In about 88% of those marriages, the marriage license became a "get out of jail free" card for a would-be rapist under state law that specifically allowed within marriage what would otherwise be considered statutory rape. In the other 12% of those marriages, the marriage was legal under state law, but sex within the marriage was a crime. [19]
CNN medical analyst Dr. Saju Mathew writes that he called off his engagement more than 20 years ago to live his truth. Now, looking back, he acknowledges the pain and the long way he’s come to ...
Gregg, a management consultant, said he sees the Respect for Marriage Act as “an added level of safety” for same-sex and interracial marriages — a federal law and Supreme Court rulings ...