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Bookmark or Share- Child marriage - UNICEFChild marriage robs girls of their childhood and threatens their well-being. Girls who marry before 18 are more likely to experience domestic violence and less likely to remain in school. They have worse economic and health outcomes than their unmarried peers, which are eventually passed down to their own children, straining a country’s ...
- A Profile of Child Marriage - UNICEFThe burden of child marriage could drop substantially in the coming decades if progress is accelerated FIG. 10 Observed and projected burden of child marriage How to read the projections The figures to the left show how the scale of the practice of child marriage has changed since 1990, as well as a selection of scenarios that could occur
- UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End Child MarriageChild marriage can lead to further isolation from family, friends and communities, and threaten girls’ livelihood and health. In 2016, UNICEF, together with UNFPA , launched a global programme to tackle child marriage in 12 of the most high-prevalence or high-burden countries: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Mozambique ...
- CHILD MARRIAGE AND THE LAW: TECHNICAL NOTE FOR THE GLOBAL ... - UNICEFThe criminalization of child marriage is a complex and polarizing issue.10 Applying child marriage laws and punishing perpetrators sends a clear signal that marrying children is illegal and there is no impunity for violating the law. On the other hand, criminalizing child marriage may have unintended negative consequences for children and families.
- Fast Facts: 10 facts illustrating why we must #EndChildMarriage - UNICEFChild marriage occurs in high-income countries too. In the United States, the majority of all 50 States have an exception in law that allows children to marry before the age of 18. As of 2017, in the European Union, only four countries tolerate no exceptions to the minimum age of 18 for marriage.
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