Latest items for AOM-PRACTICE-1
Aug. 20, 2026, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
“Nigeria has also made some progress towards eradicating child marriage.. In 2003 Nigeria adopted the Child’s Rights Act, which has been assented by 35 out of 36 States, which prohibits child marriage and makes those who marry or promote the marriage of a child liable to a fine, imprisonment for five years or both a fine and imprisonment. While these are positive steps, Nigeria’s rates of child marriage remain among the highest on the continent. Notably, harmful traditional practices still exist where puberty is used in some cultures as a marker of suitable maturity” (65).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
“Nigeria has also made some progress towards eradicating child marriage.. In 2003 Nigeria adopted the Child’s Rights Act, which has been assented by 35 out of 36 States, which prohibits child marriage and makes those who marry or promote the marriage of a child liable to a fine, imprisonment for five years or both a fine and imprisonment. While these are positive steps, Nigeria’s rates of child marriage remain among the highest on the continent. Notably, harmful traditional practices still exist where puberty is used in some cultures as a marker of suitable maturity” (65).
Aug. 20, 2026, 2:15 p.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1, AOM-PRACTICE-1
“There must be further amendments to the Family Code in line with CEDAW and the Maputo Protocol to remove the requirement of a legal guardian for women,criminalise forced marriage, and provide for penalties, remove the exception for marriage of children under18 years; and provide for equal rights of men and women in marriage, divorce and in custody matters” (31).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1, AOM-PRACTICE-1
“There must be further amendments to the Family Code in line with CEDAW and the Maputo Protocol to remove the requirement of a legal guardian for women,criminalise forced marriage, and provide for penalties, remove the exception for marriage of children under18 years; and provide for equal rights of men and women in marriage, divorce and in custody matters” (31).
Aug. 20, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
“Finally, the Children’s Amendment Bill passed in 2016 amended the Children’s Act to prohibit child marriage and impose a penalty of up to 20 years imprisonment on those who violate the prohibition. While this is a positive move, there is concern that child marriage continues in customary and religious settings, and that there is societal backlash against the prohibition” (83).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
“Finally, the Children’s Amendment Bill passed in 2016 amended the Children’s Act to prohibit child marriage and impose a penalty of up to 20 years imprisonment on those who violate the prohibition. While this is a positive move, there is concern that child marriage continues in customary and religious settings, and that there is societal backlash against the prohibition” (83).
Aug. 20, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: MARR-LAW-4, AOM-PRACTICE-1, AOM-LAW-1
“(iii) Child marriage: Child marriage is endemic and permitted under the Muslims (Personal Status) Act, provided that the girl has reached puberty and that her guardian obtains permission from a court after proving that the marriage will benefit the minor girl, that the husband is suitable and the husband pays the dowry usually paid to women of her status. The Marriage of Non-Muslims Act sets the age of marriage at 13 for non-Muslim girls, and 15 for non-Muslim boys” (77).
Variables: MARR-LAW-4, AOM-PRACTICE-1, AOM-LAW-1
“(iii) Child marriage: Child marriage is endemic and permitted under the Muslims (Personal Status) Act, provided that the girl has reached puberty and that her guardian obtains permission from a court after proving that the marriage will benefit the minor girl, that the husband is suitable and the husband pays the dowry usually paid to women of her status. The Marriage of Non-Muslims Act sets the age of marriage at 13 for non-Muslim girls, and 15 for non-Muslim boys” (77).
Aug. 20, 2026, 2:01 p.m.
Countries: Mozambique
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1, AOM-LAW-1
“(ii) Child marriage: Article 30 of the Family Law Act Law No. 22/2019 sets the legal age of marriage for both men and women at 18 years with no exceptions. As a general rule, only people over eighteen years of age can get married, in accordance with Article 30, paragraph 1, a) of the Family Law. Exceptionally, a man and a woman over sixteen years of age can get married when there are circumstances of recognised public and family interest and when there is the consent of the parents or legal representatives” (64).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1, AOM-LAW-1
“(ii) Child marriage: Article 30 of the Family Law Act Law No. 22/2019 sets the legal age of marriage for both men and women at 18 years with no exceptions. As a general rule, only people over eighteen years of age can get married, in accordance with Article 30, paragraph 1, a) of the Family Law. Exceptionally, a man and a woman over sixteen years of age can get married when there are circumstances of recognised public and family interest and when there is the consent of the parents or legal representatives” (64).
Aug. 20, 2026, 1:59 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1, AOM-LAW-1
“Another key and much celebrated attribute of the Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations Act is that it effectively prohibits child marriage. Malawi has historically had one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. The UN Women Global Database on Violence Against Women estimates that 42.1% of women are married before reaching 18 years of age. While civil marriages have been confined to persons 18 years of age and above for some time, customary marriages used puberty as a marker of maturity, thus allowing child marriage. The Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations Act set the universal minimum age of marriage to 18, subject to the provisions of Section...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1, AOM-LAW-1
“Another key and much celebrated attribute of the Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations Act is that it effectively prohibits child marriage. Malawi has historically had one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. The UN Women Global Database on Violence Against Women estimates that 42.1% of women are married before reaching 18 years of age. While civil marriages have been confined to persons 18 years of age and above for some time, customary marriages used puberty as a marker of maturity, thus allowing child marriage. The Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations Act set the universal minimum age of marriage to 18, subject to the provisions of Section...more
Aug. 20, 2026, 1:58 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
”Kenya has also adopted several pieces of legislation to combat child marriage, female genital mutilation, and violence against women, including domestic violence. This legislation accords with Kenya’s international obligations and is commendable, however, due to low levels of enforcement, child marriage, and female genital mutilation in particular remain relatively common in Kenya” (57).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
”Kenya has also adopted several pieces of legislation to combat child marriage, female genital mutilation, and violence against women, including domestic violence. This legislation accords with Kenya’s international obligations and is commendable, however, due to low levels of enforcement, child marriage, and female genital mutilation in particular remain relatively common in Kenya” (57).
Aug. 20, 2026, 1:54 p.m.
Countries: Cote D'Ivoire
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1, AOM-LAW-1
“Moreover, Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Law No 2019-570 of 2019 relating to Marriage in the Civil Code provides that the legal age of marriage is 18 for both men and women. Before the 2019 amendment, the legal age of marriage was 20 for men and 18 for women. They could also be subjected to exceptions in different cases. The amendment did awaywith the dispensations thus ensuring a strong legal protection of girls against child marriage” (44).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1, AOM-LAW-1
“Moreover, Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Law No 2019-570 of 2019 relating to Marriage in the Civil Code provides that the legal age of marriage is 18 for both men and women. Before the 2019 amendment, the legal age of marriage was 20 for men and 18 for women. They could also be subjected to exceptions in different cases. The amendment did awaywith the dispensations thus ensuring a strong legal protection of girls against child marriage” (44).
Aug. 20, 2026, 1:48 p.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1, AOM-LAW-1
“(iii) Child marriage: While Section 356 of the Penal Code criminalises forced marriage, it does not prohibit child marriage. It only provides for a minimum punishment of not less than 2 years in cases of forced marriage of children under 18, regardless of mitigating circumstances. The Civil Status Registration Ordinance of 1981114 states the minimum marriageable age as 15 for girls and 18 for boys with a clause that such marriages should involve the consent of both parties and equally recognised by an official document. However, a further waiver from these minimum age requirements can also be granted by the President for serious reasons” (43).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1, AOM-LAW-1
“(iii) Child marriage: While Section 356 of the Penal Code criminalises forced marriage, it does not prohibit child marriage. It only provides for a minimum punishment of not less than 2 years in cases of forced marriage of children under 18, regardless of mitigating circumstances. The Civil Status Registration Ordinance of 1981114 states the minimum marriageable age as 15 for girls and 18 for boys with a clause that such marriages should involve the consent of both parties and equally recognised by an official document. However, a further waiver from these minimum age requirements can also be granted by the President for serious reasons” (43).
Aug. 20, 2026, 1:44 p.m.
Countries: Angola
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1, AOM-LAW-1
“Exceptions to the legal age of marriage: Article 24 of the Family Code sets the legal age of marriage at 18. However, marriage can be allowed from 16 for boys and 15 for girls under exceptional circumstances with parental consent. 69 In the event there is no parental consent, the parties under 18 may appeal to the court to obtain permission to marry. The exceptions to the legal age of marriage is against international human rights law such as the Maputo Protocol which expressly sets the minimum age of marriage at 18” (35).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1, AOM-LAW-1
“Exceptions to the legal age of marriage: Article 24 of the Family Code sets the legal age of marriage at 18. However, marriage can be allowed from 16 for boys and 15 for girls under exceptional circumstances with parental consent. 69 In the event there is no parental consent, the parties under 18 may appeal to the court to obtain permission to marry. The exceptions to the legal age of marriage is against international human rights law such as the Maputo Protocol which expressly sets the minimum age of marriage at 18” (35).
May 14, 2026, 7:51 p.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"...the median age of marriage for young women is still low — it’s 20 in Egypt, and 19 in rural Upper Egypt…" (para 20).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"...the median age of marriage for young women is still low — it’s 20 in Egypt, and 19 in rural Upper Egypt…" (para 20).
April 24, 2026, 6:02 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"This terrible change [of reduced legal age of marriage for Iraqi girls due to the more authority given to Islaic courts] took place last year, when Iraq’s parliament increased the authority of Islamic courts over all family matters, including marriage – the minimum age for which was previously set at 18 – divorce and inheritance. Under the Jaafari school of Islamic law followed by many religious authorities in my [Iraqi female narrator] country, this could mean nine-year-old girls being given away to men decades older" (para 6-7). "I [female Iraqi narrator] consider myself lucky. A family friend who lives in the marshland of the south cries when she recalls how...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"This terrible change [of reduced legal age of marriage for Iraqi girls due to the more authority given to Islaic courts] took place last year, when Iraq’s parliament increased the authority of Islamic courts over all family matters, including marriage – the minimum age for which was previously set at 18 – divorce and inheritance. Under the Jaafari school of Islamic law followed by many religious authorities in my [Iraqi female narrator] country, this could mean nine-year-old girls being given away to men decades older" (para 6-7). "I [female Iraqi narrator] consider myself lucky. A family friend who lives in the marshland of the south cries when she recalls how...more
April 14, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1, AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Escape is not possible for most people though. Fathers must stand by as their daughters – some barely teenagers, are sold into marriage to older men who repulse them. In the past few months I [the anonymous Afghan woman/narrator] have seen it happen to two family friends, young girls both married to men they had never even set eyes on before they exchanged vows. On her wedding night, one of them was beaten by her new ¬husband because she had cried" (para 35-36).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1, AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Escape is not possible for most people though. Fathers must stand by as their daughters – some barely teenagers, are sold into marriage to older men who repulse them. In the past few months I [the anonymous Afghan woman/narrator] have seen it happen to two family friends, young girls both married to men they had never even set eyes on before they exchanged vows. On her wedding night, one of them was beaten by her new ¬husband because she had cried" (para 35-36).
April 6, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, MARR-PRACTICE-1, AOM-PRACTICE-1
"... Poverty is rising drastically, so is the number of child marriages agreed to by children’s parents out of desperation. Girls are no longer allowed to go to secondary school or university... Ever new draconian rules and decrees make it difficult for women to exercise their jobs in all professions; in some fields, they are even banned from going to work. A growing number of decrees clearly are aimed at making women disappear from public life and relegating them to the private sphere and to activities that are stereotypically associated with women, such as household chores. This system can and should be described as Gender Apartheid... and where girls are...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, MARR-PRACTICE-1, AOM-PRACTICE-1
"... Poverty is rising drastically, so is the number of child marriages agreed to by children’s parents out of desperation. Girls are no longer allowed to go to secondary school or university... Ever new draconian rules and decrees make it difficult for women to exercise their jobs in all professions; in some fields, they are even banned from going to work. A growing number of decrees clearly are aimed at making women disappear from public life and relegating them to the private sphere and to activities that are stereotypically associated with women, such as household chores. This system can and should be described as Gender Apartheid... and where girls are...more
March 11, 2026, 12:26 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1, AOM-PRACTICE-1
"We [the BBC team in Afghanistan] began to hear of more and more girls being forced into early marriages by their families, because they were not able to get an education or a job" (para 32).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1, AOM-PRACTICE-1
"We [the BBC team in Afghanistan] began to hear of more and more girls being forced into early marriages by their families, because they were not able to get an education or a job" (para 32).
March 9, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Dozens of baby-faced schoolgirls drift through worn, neon-lit shops on “bridal boulevard” in Baghdad’s Sadr City wearing black abayas soon to be traded for puffball wedding gowns picked by their mothers. Among them is 12-year-old Amani, who is due to meet her 17-year-old fiancé for the first time on their wedding night — a betrothal arranged, according to relatives, “without the need for her permission” because, despite her tiny, shaking frame engulfed in an adult-sized tulle gown, she has reached puberty and her marriage was approved by a local cleric" (para 1-2). "One of Amani’s relatives told The Sunday Times that the girl’s four younger cousins had been married to...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Dozens of baby-faced schoolgirls drift through worn, neon-lit shops on “bridal boulevard” in Baghdad’s Sadr City wearing black abayas soon to be traded for puffball wedding gowns picked by their mothers. Among them is 12-year-old Amani, who is due to meet her 17-year-old fiancé for the first time on their wedding night — a betrothal arranged, according to relatives, “without the need for her permission” because, despite her tiny, shaking frame engulfed in an adult-sized tulle gown, she has reached puberty and her marriage was approved by a local cleric" (para 1-2). "One of Amani’s relatives told The Sunday Times that the girl’s four younger cousins had been married to...more
Feb. 6, 2026, 12:01 p.m.
Countries: Pakistan
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"But Pakistan's Council of Islamic Ideology - a prominent body that advises the government of the Muslim majority nation 'whether or not a certain law is repugnant to Islam' - has opposed the bill. The religious council’s opposition to banning child marriage indicates cultural and religious resistance that undermines enforcement of legal minimum marriage ages. The council said in a statement published Tuesday: 'Declaring marriage below the age of eighteen as child abuse and prescribing punishments for it, and other controversial provisions, are not in line with Islamic injunctions. 'Overall, the Council rejected the bill. It also clarified that this bill was not sent to the Council for review by...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"But Pakistan's Council of Islamic Ideology - a prominent body that advises the government of the Muslim majority nation 'whether or not a certain law is repugnant to Islam' - has opposed the bill. The religious council’s opposition to banning child marriage indicates cultural and religious resistance that undermines enforcement of legal minimum marriage ages. The council said in a statement published Tuesday: 'Declaring marriage below the age of eighteen as child abuse and prescribing punishments for it, and other controversial provisions, are not in line with Islamic injunctions. 'Overall, the Council rejected the bill. It also clarified that this bill was not sent to the Council for review by...more
Jan. 9, 2026, 12:50 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"How frequent are child marriages? The best evidence comes from a nonprofit called Unchained at Last, which obtained marriage license data from around the country and found that between 2000 and 2021, more than 314,000 people under theage of 18 were married in the United States. Some 86 percent were girls, typically marrying men an average of four years older than themselves. Most of the minors were 16 or 17 years old, but some were as young as 10" (4).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"How frequent are child marriages? The best evidence comes from a nonprofit called Unchained at Last, which obtained marriage license data from around the country and found that between 2000 and 2021, more than 314,000 people under theage of 18 were married in the United States. Some 86 percent were girls, typically marrying men an average of four years older than themselves. Most of the minors were 16 or 17 years old, but some were as young as 10" (4).
Dec. 30, 2025, 5:37 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"‘This consultation is important as while ceremonies involving under 18s are rare, raising the minimum age would ensure that no one under 18 can enter a legally recognised marriage or civil partnership in Scotland'" (para 6).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"‘This consultation is important as while ceremonies involving under 18s are rare, raising the minimum age would ensure that no one under 18 can enter a legally recognised marriage or civil partnership in Scotland'" (para 6).
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:28 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"There is also prohibition of under-aged marriage, especially for rural and ethnic girls, and this is enforced together with the prohibition of polygamy marriage as well as implemented as measures to prevent child marriage; In addition, the Penal Codes is also a legal document applied as main measures to prevent child marriage, especially for girls as stated in Article 269 that “any individual gets married with under-aged (under 18 years of age) shall be imprisoned from 3 months to 1 year or penalized without imprisonment and shall pay penalty from 2.000.000 kips to 5.000.000 kips, any individual allowing a child under 18 get marriage will also be punished” (35).more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"There is also prohibition of under-aged marriage, especially for rural and ethnic girls, and this is enforced together with the prohibition of polygamy marriage as well as implemented as measures to prevent child marriage; In addition, the Penal Codes is also a legal document applied as main measures to prevent child marriage, especially for girls as stated in Article 269 that “any individual gets married with under-aged (under 18 years of age) shall be imprisoned from 3 months to 1 year or penalized without imprisonment and shall pay penalty from 2.000.000 kips to 5.000.000 kips, any individual allowing a child under 18 get marriage will also be punished” (35).more
Nov. 5, 2025, 7:50 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Some women have no say in choosing their husbands, and many girls are engaged to one of the boys in their family (usually to their uncles’ sons: that is, their first cousins) in a process called ‘naming’. This means that the girl, like a house or land or an object, is placed under someone’s name, like a title deed, and considered a part of their property. This decision, made at birth, is unbreakable, and the girl and boy cannot sever it when they get older. If girls are not betrothed to someone in childhood, they are married off in adolescence, or sometimes even before puberty, without their consent. In the...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Some women have no say in choosing their husbands, and many girls are engaged to one of the boys in their family (usually to their uncles’ sons: that is, their first cousins) in a process called ‘naming’. This means that the girl, like a house or land or an object, is placed under someone’s name, like a title deed, and considered a part of their property. This decision, made at birth, is unbreakable, and the girl and boy cannot sever it when they get older. If girls are not betrothed to someone in childhood, they are married off in adolescence, or sometimes even before puberty, without their consent. In the...more
Nov. 2, 2025, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1, AOM-LAW-1
"Nine is also the age at which Iranian girls can be subjected to arranged marriages, usually to much older men, though most wait until they are at least 13" (para 49).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1, AOM-LAW-1
"Nine is also the age at which Iranian girls can be subjected to arranged marriages, usually to much older men, though most wait until they are at least 13" (para 49).
Nov. 2, 2025, 2:14 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1, AOM-LAW-1
"...In Afghanistan, it was reported this week that a six-year-old girl had been forced to marry a 45-year-old man...before the Taliban stepped in and arrested the father and the bridegroom. Local media reported that the Taliban had said the latter needed to wait until she was nine" (para 41-42).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1, AOM-LAW-1
"...In Afghanistan, it was reported this week that a six-year-old girl had been forced to marry a 45-year-old man...before the Taliban stepped in and arrested the father and the bridegroom. Local media reported that the Taliban had said the latter needed to wait until she was nine" (para 41-42).
Nov. 2, 2025, 1:34 p.m.
Countries: Yemen
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Ghada* was 15 when she fell pregnant with her third child. For three years, she had been married to an older man - a man her father had paired her with out of perceived necessity. 'My family is poor,' she explained. Her father 'accepted the first proposal for the marriage that came to him, not only for me but for my sisters, not caring that we were only children'. Child marriage existed in Yemen before the civil war. But years of bitter fighting have exacerbated the issue. Famine looms over the population as the 'fortunate' survive on bread and water. For families like Ghada's, children are an impossible expense. And...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Ghada* was 15 when she fell pregnant with her third child. For three years, she had been married to an older man - a man her father had paired her with out of perceived necessity. 'My family is poor,' she explained. Her father 'accepted the first proposal for the marriage that came to him, not only for me but for my sisters, not caring that we were only children'. Child marriage existed in Yemen before the civil war. But years of bitter fighting have exacerbated the issue. Famine looms over the population as the 'fortunate' survive on bread and water. For families like Ghada's, children are an impossible expense. And...more
Nov. 2, 2025, 1:32 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Poverty squeezes the problem. In vulnerable households, girls can be sold as child brides. Families may also 'buy' foreign brides from neighbouring countries. Aidan McQuade, former director of Anti-Slavery International, wrote in 2018 that he had been told that the most popular age of girls for the China 'market' was between 13 and 16 years old. 'These girls typically fetch between $2,000 and $3,000 for 'three years and a baby'.'After delivering a child and staying with a Chinese man for three years, he relayed, she may then be sold on to other men in China for 'similar usage'. " (para 34-36)
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Poverty squeezes the problem. In vulnerable households, girls can be sold as child brides. Families may also 'buy' foreign brides from neighbouring countries. Aidan McQuade, former director of Anti-Slavery International, wrote in 2018 that he had been told that the most popular age of girls for the China 'market' was between 13 and 16 years old. 'These girls typically fetch between $2,000 and $3,000 for 'three years and a baby'.'After delivering a child and staying with a Chinese man for three years, he relayed, she may then be sold on to other men in China for 'similar usage'. " (para 34-36)
Oct. 30, 2025, 8:43 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"A six-year-old girl has allegedly been forced to marry a 45-year-old man in Afghanistan after she was given away for money" (para 1). "In the same year as the Taliban came to power, after the US' heavily criticised exit, a nine-year-old girl who was sold by her father to a 55-year-old man as a child bride was rescued by a charity" (para 7).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"A six-year-old girl has allegedly been forced to marry a 45-year-old man in Afghanistan after she was given away for money" (para 1). "In the same year as the Taliban came to power, after the US' heavily criticised exit, a nine-year-old girl who was sold by her father to a 55-year-old man as a child bride was rescued by a charity" (para 7).
Oct. 25, 2025, 6:21 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1, AOM-LAW-1
"In the last four years the country has seen a significant increase in child and early marriages, driven by deepening poverty, the ban on female education and ditching the minimum age for marriage, which was 16 under the western-backed civil code" (para 25).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1, AOM-LAW-1
"In the last four years the country has seen a significant increase in child and early marriages, driven by deepening poverty, the ban on female education and ditching the minimum age for marriage, which was 16 under the western-backed civil code" (para 25).
Sept. 19, 2025, 5:48 p.m.
Countries: Qatar
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"It was very rare for families to allow their children to marry before the age of 18" (para 40).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"It was very rare for families to allow their children to marry before the age of 18" (para 40).
Aug. 31, 2025, 9:08 a.m.
Countries: Chad
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
“According to UNICEF, 67 percent of girls were married before age 18 and 30 percent before the age of 15” (Page 17). “According to the Chadian Women Lawyers’ Association, women sometimes were accused of passing HIV to their husbands and were threatened by family members with judicial action or banishment” (Page 22).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
“According to UNICEF, 67 percent of girls were married before age 18 and 30 percent before the age of 15” (Page 17). “According to the Chadian Women Lawyers’ Association, women sometimes were accused of passing HIV to their husbands and were threatened by family members with judicial action or banishment” (Page 22).
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"The Government conducted advocacy and awareness-raising among traditional leaders so that they understood the harmful impact of child marriage. An awareness campaign conducted in 2017 had focused on rural areas, where rates of child marriage were thought to be particularly high" (Page 8). "The survey had revealed different attitudes towards polygamy among different groups of women. Indigenous women, including pygmy and Fulani women, were more likely to regard a polygamous marriage as a stroke of fortune, whereas rural women thought that polygamy had no impact on women, and urban and intellectual women rejected it. Given those findings, prohibition alone would not be sufficient to eradicate the problem. Therefore, the Government...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"The Government conducted advocacy and awareness-raising among traditional leaders so that they understood the harmful impact of child marriage. An awareness campaign conducted in 2017 had focused on rural areas, where rates of child marriage were thought to be particularly high" (Page 8). "The survey had revealed different attitudes towards polygamy among different groups of women. Indigenous women, including pygmy and Fulani women, were more likely to regard a polygamous marriage as a stroke of fortune, whereas rural women thought that polygamy had no impact on women, and urban and intellectual women rejected it. Given those findings, prohibition alone would not be sufficient to eradicate the problem. Therefore, the Government...more