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Currently, the country has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. An estimated 29 percent of girls will marry before the age of 15 and 65 percent before the age of 18, according ...
Ujeli: A child bride in Nepal is a social tragic drama depicting child marriage culture in Nepal. [1] This film underlines the sharp distinctions between the roles of boys and girls in Nepal such as education, food and medical care. [2] [3] The film is directed by Deependra Gauchan and produced by UNICEF. [4]
The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 5.3 includes ending child marriage globally by the year 2030. [124] The Tahirih Justice Center, in collaboration with the National Forced Marriage Working Group, [125] presented a Framework for Addressing Forced and Child Marriage [126] in the U.S. National Action Plan to End Gender-Based ...
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Naila Amin, 31, was a child bride in Pakistan at the age of 13; she now has a law named after her that bans the practice in New York state. Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently signed a bill into law ...
CONCORD — The New Hampshire House passed a bill to ban child marriage in New Hampshire on Thursday. Senate Bill 359 , sponsored by Sen. Debra Altschiller, D-Stratham, would raise the minimum age ...
Child marriage is a marriage or domestic partnership, formal or informal, usually between a child and an adult, but can also be between a child and another child. [ 1 ] Although the age of majority (legal adulthood ) and marriage age are typically 18 years old, these thresholds can differ in different jurisdictions . [ 2 ]
Underage marriage is widespread in the United States, where about 170,000 children were wed between 2000 and 2010 in 38 of the 50 states where data was available, according to activists.