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Story at a glance At age 14, Genevieve Meyer began spending time with a neighbor to get a break from her hectic home life. Her relationship with the neighbor, a 42-year-old divorced father of two ...
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 ]
Historically, child marriage has been a culturally acceptable practice, but it is increasingly viewed as a form of child sexual abuse. [26] It is an internationally recognised health and human rights violation disproportionately affecting girls, globally. [27]
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 ...
Jan. 8—Child marriage is still legal in Washington, and on Monday state lawmakers moved along a proposed law to ban it. Today, children of any age can get married in the state.
The law prohibits marriage between a child and a child or between an adult and a child. This is whether in informal union or cohabitation outside of wedlock between an adult and a child, or between children. The law intends to abolish all traditional and cultural practices and structures that perpetuate discrimination, abuse.
Child marriage also is recognized as a human rights abuse; it destroys nearly every aspect of an American girl’s life, including her sexual and reproductive rights.
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 ...