Latest items for AOM-PRACTICE-1
May 1, 2025, 3:28 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"'Boys and men are seen as the pillars of communities. If a woman just gives birth to gil, they are not considered 'wife enough'. People also see boys as the only ones supposed to go to school, whereas girls should get married. This is why early marriages are common in South Sudan' [Dr Idyoro]. In fact, when Dr Idyoro was getting married in her mid-20s, many people in her community thought she had waited too long. 'People were asking, 'Why are you still at home? Are you even going to give birth? You don't even have a man to marry you.'. . .She got married in her hometown to show...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"'Boys and men are seen as the pillars of communities. If a woman just gives birth to gil, they are not considered 'wife enough'. People also see boys as the only ones supposed to go to school, whereas girls should get married. This is why early marriages are common in South Sudan' [Dr Idyoro]. In fact, when Dr Idyoro was getting married in her mid-20s, many people in her community thought she had waited too long. 'People were asking, 'Why are you still at home? Are you even going to give birth? You don't even have a man to marry you.'. . .She got married in her hometown to show...more
April 17, 2025, 6:10 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"What has happened to them since has been catastrophic: forced and early marriage, domestic violence, suicide, drug addiction and an eradication from all aspects of public life, with no end in sight" (para 5). "With diminishing status in society and no protection from the authorities, teenage girls, especially those forced into early marriage, are facing domestic violence inside the home and violence from the authorities outside, say human rights groups" (para 10). "Benafasha* was 13 years old when the Taliban took power and her family decided that if she couldn’t go to school she had to get married. Her sister Qudsia* says that Benafasha was sent to live with her...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"What has happened to them since has been catastrophic: forced and early marriage, domestic violence, suicide, drug addiction and an eradication from all aspects of public life, with no end in sight" (para 5). "With diminishing status in society and no protection from the authorities, teenage girls, especially those forced into early marriage, are facing domestic violence inside the home and violence from the authorities outside, say human rights groups" (para 10). "Benafasha* was 13 years old when the Taliban took power and her family decided that if she couldn’t go to school she had to get married. Her sister Qudsia* says that Benafasha was sent to live with her...more
April 17, 2025, 4:55 p.m.
Countries: Bolivia
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"However, it notes with concern… The high prevalence of child marriages and forced unions among girls under the age of 15, especially in rural areas, often resulting from sexual violence, forced pregnancies, violent family contexts and poverty" (15).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"However, it notes with concern… The high prevalence of child marriages and forced unions among girls under the age of 15, especially in rural areas, often resulting from sexual violence, forced pregnancies, violent family contexts and poverty" (15).
April 15, 2025, 7:13 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Harmful cultural practices, especially child marriage, and the high prevalence of bride price are not included in the current Program for the Development of Chinese Women (2011-2020) and National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2016-2020), and the national action plan for SDGs" (4).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Harmful cultural practices, especially child marriage, and the high prevalence of bride price are not included in the current Program for the Development of Chinese Women (2011-2020) and National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2016-2020), and the national action plan for SDGs" (4).
April 3, 2025, 9:16 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"An eight-year-old girl in Somalia who had been missing for six months has been discovered living with a man who claimed to be her husband. The child vanished from her home in the semi-autonomous Puntland region last September, sparking deep concern among her family. But shockingly, it later emerged that her own father had consented to her marriage to an adult man named Sheikh Mahmoud. Last week, security forces stormed Mahmoud's home after he barricaded himself inside a room with the girl. The dramatic rescue has sparked a national outcry, with social media in uproar and protests erupting in the capital, Mogadishu" (para 1-4). "The horrifying saga began when a...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"An eight-year-old girl in Somalia who had been missing for six months has been discovered living with a man who claimed to be her husband. The child vanished from her home in the semi-autonomous Puntland region last September, sparking deep concern among her family. But shockingly, it later emerged that her own father had consented to her marriage to an adult man named Sheikh Mahmoud. Last week, security forces stormed Mahmoud's home after he barricaded himself inside a room with the girl. The dramatic rescue has sparked a national outcry, with social media in uproar and protests erupting in the capital, Mogadishu" (para 1-4). "The horrifying saga began when a...more
April 3, 2025, 4:44 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"The process [of forced marriage] 'starts very young,' Mahtani said, with some interviewees learning as children that a husband had been chosen for them. Two were married as children abroad" (para 8).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"The process [of forced marriage] 'starts very young,' Mahtani said, with some interviewees learning as children that a husband had been chosen for them. Two were married as children abroad" (para 8).
April 2, 2025, 5:23 p.m.
Countries: Dominican Republic
Variables: LRW-LAW-1, AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Law 136-03 criminalizes sexual practices with a child or adolescent by an adult, or a person five (5) years older, for their own sexual gratification, without consideration of the child's or adolescents psychosexual development, even when no physical contact occurs. However, the Dominican Criminal Code establishes that when the abuser, also called the seducer, marries the aggrieved child, that is, raped, he can only be prosecuted if the persons or guardians in charge of the child demand the annulment of the marriage, and he can only be convicted after this annulment has been pronounced. This legal framework legitimizes transactional practices where the family does not criminally prosecute the adult male...more
Variables: LRW-LAW-1, AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Law 136-03 criminalizes sexual practices with a child or adolescent by an adult, or a person five (5) years older, for their own sexual gratification, without consideration of the child's or adolescents psychosexual development, even when no physical contact occurs. However, the Dominican Criminal Code establishes that when the abuser, also called the seducer, marries the aggrieved child, that is, raped, he can only be prosecuted if the persons or guardians in charge of the child demand the annulment of the marriage, and he can only be convicted after this annulment has been pronounced. This legal framework legitimizes transactional practices where the family does not criminally prosecute the adult male...more
March 27, 2025, 7:22 p.m.
Countries: Cambodia
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Cambodian law currently legalizes child marriage for 16 and 17-year-olds with parental consent if the other partner is 18. This law is only applied to weddings with marriage certificates, not traditional marriages" (10).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Cambodian law currently legalizes child marriage for 16 and 17-year-olds with parental consent if the other partner is 18. This law is only applied to weddings with marriage certificates, not traditional marriages" (10).
March 20, 2025, 4:13 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Musician Jerry Lee Lewis, of 'Great Balls of Fire' fame controversially married his cousin Myra Gale Lewis Williams when she was just 13, he was 22 at the time" (para 32).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Musician Jerry Lee Lewis, of 'Great Balls of Fire' fame controversially married his cousin Myra Gale Lewis Williams when she was just 13, he was 22 at the time" (para 32).
March 20, 2025, 1:55 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"The continuous practice of FGM [female genital mutiliation] has reportedly made it possible for girls under the age of 10 to be put up for marriage as FGM is commonly seen as a sign of adulthood and readiness for marriage" (3).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"The continuous practice of FGM [female genital mutiliation] has reportedly made it possible for girls under the age of 10 to be put up for marriage as FGM is commonly seen as a sign of adulthood and readiness for marriage" (3).
March 19, 2025, 11:07 p.m.
Countries: Uganda
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-5, AOM-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he high level of poverty in Uganda remains a barrier to girls’ education as struggling parents see their daughters as sources of income. As a result, girls are sold into marriage in exchange for a decent bride price" (5).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-5, AOM-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he high level of poverty in Uganda remains a barrier to girls’ education as struggling parents see their daughters as sources of income. As a result, girls are sold into marriage in exchange for a decent bride price" (5).
March 19, 2025, 10:12 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Forced marriage is illegal under the Iraqi Personal Status Code, yet the country has witnessed increasing rates of the practice, including large numbers of girls married under the age of 14 and some as young as ten. Economic crisis brought on by war has driven many families to force their underage daughters into marriage, while a sample study conducted by ASUDA found that tribal customs, family culture or traditions played a role in 85.6% of forced marriage cases" (8). "[S]ince child marriages almost always take place outside of the court system, children produced by the marriage cannot be registered or acquire identity documents. Without proof of the marriage, women are...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Forced marriage is illegal under the Iraqi Personal Status Code, yet the country has witnessed increasing rates of the practice, including large numbers of girls married under the age of 14 and some as young as ten. Economic crisis brought on by war has driven many families to force their underage daughters into marriage, while a sample study conducted by ASUDA found that tribal customs, family culture or traditions played a role in 85.6% of forced marriage cases" (8). "[S]ince child marriages almost always take place outside of the court system, children produced by the marriage cannot be registered or acquire identity documents. Without proof of the marriage, women are...more
March 15, 2025, 11:45 a.m.
Countries: Lebanon
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1, AOM-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee is also concerned about the high number of reported cases of child and/or forced marriage among Palestinian and Syrian refugee girls and women" (13).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1, AOM-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee is also concerned about the high number of reported cases of child and/or forced marriage among Palestinian and Syrian refugee girls and women" (13).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"In some of our families we still practice child marriage. Some of us are forced into child marriage by our parents for money. We are not encouraged to go to school but rather to look for someone who can take care of us. But we usually end up having to raise our children without assistance from their fathers" (8). "Low literacy levels among San women are associated with numerous consequences, including lower school attendance of their children, low usage of contraception, economic dependence on husbands, higher tendency towards early marriage of their children, etc" (11). This information applies specifically to San communities (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"In some of our families we still practice child marriage. Some of us are forced into child marriage by our parents for money. We are not encouraged to go to school but rather to look for someone who can take care of us. But we usually end up having to raise our children without assistance from their fathers" (8). "Low literacy levels among San women are associated with numerous consequences, including lower school attendance of their children, low usage of contraception, economic dependence on husbands, higher tendency towards early marriage of their children, etc" (11). This information applies specifically to San communities (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
March 11, 2025, 5:39 p.m.
Countries: Senegal
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Girls as young as eight get married and are expected to stay at home" (par. 10).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Girls as young as eight get married and are expected to stay at home" (par. 10).
Feb. 28, 2025, 5:42 p.m.
Countries: Niger
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Child, early and forced marriages remain high because the State has not taken concrete steps to eradicate this practice. An action plan to combat child marriage has been developed, but it is struggling to be implemented due to a lack of financial resources. Niger is also popularising the Economic Community of West African States' roadmap and its 2019-2023 strategic action plan on the prevention of early marriage. Nonetheless, the absence of a law prohibiting child marriage certainly does not help in decreasing this phenomenon, which, on the contrary, is on the rise" (2). "Even today, parents still believe that it is better to give away their daughters in marriage before...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Child, early and forced marriages remain high because the State has not taken concrete steps to eradicate this practice. An action plan to combat child marriage has been developed, but it is struggling to be implemented due to a lack of financial resources. Niger is also popularising the Economic Community of West African States' roadmap and its 2019-2023 strategic action plan on the prevention of early marriage. Nonetheless, the absence of a law prohibiting child marriage certainly does not help in decreasing this phenomenon, which, on the contrary, is on the rise" (2). "Even today, parents still believe that it is better to give away their daughters in marriage before...more
Feb. 26, 2025, 8:27 p.m.
Countries: Dominican Republic
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"According to a 2018 analysis of the situation with regard to adolescent pregnancy in the Dominican Republic, among women aged between 20 and 24, 12 per cent had been married or in a union before the age of 15 and 36 per cent had been married or in a union before the age of 18, with no legal consequences; the proportions were much higher in the poorest quintile, in which 51.7 per cent of women aged between 15 and 19 reported that they were or had been married or in a union" (12). "Work is currently under way on the development of the National Plan for Prevention, Assistance, Protection and...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"According to a 2018 analysis of the situation with regard to adolescent pregnancy in the Dominican Republic, among women aged between 20 and 24, 12 per cent had been married or in a union before the age of 15 and 36 per cent had been married or in a union before the age of 18, with no legal consequences; the proportions were much higher in the poorest quintile, in which 51.7 per cent of women aged between 15 and 19 reported that they were or had been married or in a union" (12). "Work is currently under way on the development of the National Plan for Prevention, Assistance, Protection and...more
Feb. 19, 2025, 6:02 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Softly spoken and shy, Vidya says she never wanted a husband, but her father told her she didn’t have a choice and arranged for her to marry at 19" (para 42). "Of the 10 women CNN spoke with, at least four were in marriages arranged by their parents before they turned 18 - a decision they said they could not refuse" (para 64).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Softly spoken and shy, Vidya says she never wanted a husband, but her father told her she didn’t have a choice and arranged for her to marry at 19" (para 42). "Of the 10 women CNN spoke with, at least four were in marriages arranged by their parents before they turned 18 - a decision they said they could not refuse" (para 64).
Feb. 6, 2025, 7:27 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Child and forced marriages continue to take place in the form of 'Al-Fatiha' marriage" (7). "The Committee urges the State party to… Put in place policy measures to prohibit 'Al-Fatiha' marriages involving minors" (7-8). "The Committee notes with appreciation that the State party is considering repealing article 20 of the Family Code in order to eliminate exceptions to the minimum age of marriage. The Committee also notes the State party’s efforts to encourage the judiciary to make marriage under the age of 18 an exception, rather than the rule, and to raise awareness of the risks of early marriage" (12).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Child and forced marriages continue to take place in the form of 'Al-Fatiha' marriage" (7). "The Committee urges the State party to… Put in place policy measures to prohibit 'Al-Fatiha' marriages involving minors" (7-8). "The Committee notes with appreciation that the State party is considering repealing article 20 of the Family Code in order to eliminate exceptions to the minimum age of marriage. The Committee also notes the State party’s efforts to encourage the judiciary to make marriage under the age of 18 an exception, rather than the rule, and to raise awareness of the risks of early marriage" (12).
Feb. 3, 2025, 5:58 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"On Monday, following the visit of the three campaigners, President Lazarus Chakwera announced further funding for a national strategy to end child marriage. Until now there have been very few prosecutions" (para 22).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"On Monday, following the visit of the three campaigners, President Lazarus Chakwera announced further funding for a national strategy to end child marriage. Until now there have been very few prosecutions" (para 22).
Feb. 3, 2025, 1:49 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"The Iranian Statistical Center has stopped publishing birth statistics by maternal age since March 2023. However, available data indicate that between 2016 and 2022, an average of 1,438 births per year in Iran were recorded where the mother was under the age of 15" (Para 7). In Iran, a traditional society where marriage is required for having children, statistics from 2016 to 2022 reveal an average of 1,438 births per year to mothers under the age of 15, indicating that these girls were already married as children (UST - CODERS COMMENT).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"The Iranian Statistical Center has stopped publishing birth statistics by maternal age since March 2023. However, available data indicate that between 2016 and 2022, an average of 1,438 births per year in Iran were recorded where the mother was under the age of 15" (Para 7). In Iran, a traditional society where marriage is required for having children, statistics from 2016 to 2022 reveal an average of 1,438 births per year to mothers under the age of 15, indicating that these girls were already married as children (UST - CODERS COMMENT).
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes with concern… (c) The significant number of child marriages administered by municipal authorities, especially in deprived rural areas, their wide acceptance in society and the insufficient efforts made by the State party to prevent them and adequately punish perpetrators" (16-17).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes with concern… (c) The significant number of child marriages administered by municipal authorities, especially in deprived rural areas, their wide acceptance in society and the insufficient efforts made by the State party to prevent them and adequately punish perpetrators" (16-17).
Jan. 30, 2025, 4:08 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Though the legal age of marriage is 18, article 6 of the Personal Status Law allows guardians to contract some girls into marriage if their guardian deems the marriage in their 'best interest.' Moreover, though article 9 requires a woman’s consent in marriage, 'the silence of a minor is [considered] her consent.' The General Code of Children’s Protection provides sentences from five to 10 years of prison and a fine for a guardian who marries a child 'in the exclusive interest of the guardian,' without defining what that phrase means. According to UNICEF, between 2012 and 2018, 18% of girls were married by age 15, and 37% were married by...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Though the legal age of marriage is 18, article 6 of the Personal Status Law allows guardians to contract some girls into marriage if their guardian deems the marriage in their 'best interest.' Moreover, though article 9 requires a woman’s consent in marriage, 'the silence of a minor is [considered] her consent.' The General Code of Children’s Protection provides sentences from five to 10 years of prison and a fine for a guardian who marries a child 'in the exclusive interest of the guardian,' without defining what that phrase means. According to UNICEF, between 2012 and 2018, 18% of girls were married by age 15, and 37% were married by...more
Jan. 30, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Countries: India
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Bhimappa was not yet ten years old when she became a 'devadasi' – girls coerced by their parents into an elaborate wedding ritual with a Hindu deity, many of whom are then forced into illegal prostitution" (para 2). "It was at this temple [in Saundatti] that Sitavva D. Jodatti was enjoined to marry the goddess when she was eight years old" (para 21).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Bhimappa was not yet ten years old when she became a 'devadasi' – girls coerced by their parents into an elaborate wedding ritual with a Hindu deity, many of whom are then forced into illegal prostitution" (para 2). "It was at this temple [in Saundatti] that Sitavva D. Jodatti was enjoined to marry the goddess when she was eight years old" (para 21).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"[I]t notes with concern… (d) The existence of de facto unions between adults and children" (6).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"[I]t notes with concern… (d) The existence of de facto unions between adults and children" (6).
Jan. 28, 2025, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"UNICEF reported in April 2023 that 28% of girls are married before the legal age of 18, although under Iraqi law, girls as young as 15 can be married with the consent of judges and their parents" (para 22).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"UNICEF reported in April 2023 that 28% of girls are married before the legal age of 18, although under Iraqi law, girls as young as 15 can be married with the consent of judges and their parents" (para 22).
Jan. 10, 2025, 2:03 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Bilan has faced similar abuse for reporting on people living with HIV and Aids, another story on a woman who defied local hostility to welcome HIV-positive people into her house, and on teenage orphan girls forced into early marriage and later abandoned to bring up their children alone" (par. 7).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Bilan has faced similar abuse for reporting on people living with HIV and Aids, another story on a woman who defied local hostility to welcome HIV-positive people into her house, and on teenage orphan girls forced into early marriage and later abandoned to bring up their children alone" (par. 7).
Jan. 10, 2025, 12:09 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"For Zainab, 17, who was married two years ago in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the ban on contraceptives was a shock when she was told by her midwife last week" (para 11). This indicates that at least some women are married at the age of 15 or younger (MB2-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"For Zainab, 17, who was married two years ago in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the ban on contraceptives was a shock when she was told by her midwife last week" (para 11). This indicates that at least some women are married at the age of 15 or younger (MB2-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 9, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
Countries: Pakistan
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Top independent human rights experts expressed alarm on Monday at a rise in abductions of girls as young as 13 in Pakistan, who are forced to marry and convert to Islam. In their appeal to the authorities to stop the alleged abuse, the experts warned that teenagers had been 'kidnapped from their families, trafficked … far from their homes (and) made to marry men sometimes twice their age'" (para 1-2). "In a statement urging Pakistan to uphold the rights of women and children, the group of nearly a dozen independent experts and Special Rapporteurs, maintained that Pakistan’s courts had enabled the perpetrators by accepting 'fraudulent evidence' from them, regarding the...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Top independent human rights experts expressed alarm on Monday at a rise in abductions of girls as young as 13 in Pakistan, who are forced to marry and convert to Islam. In their appeal to the authorities to stop the alleged abuse, the experts warned that teenagers had been 'kidnapped from their families, trafficked … far from their homes (and) made to marry men sometimes twice their age'" (para 1-2). "In a statement urging Pakistan to uphold the rights of women and children, the group of nearly a dozen independent experts and Special Rapporteurs, maintained that Pakistan’s courts had enabled the perpetrators by accepting 'fraudulent evidence' from them, regarding the...more
Jan. 9, 2025, 4:08 p.m.
Countries: Kyrgyzstan
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"In accordance with Act No. 179 of 17 November 2016 on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Kyrgyz Republic (the Criminal Code, the Family Code), the Criminal Code establishes criminal liability for violations of the legislation on the age of marriage that occur in connection with the celebration of religious ceremonies (article 1551). Since the criminalization of such acts, a total of 17 cases have been recorded, and 10 criminal actions have been brought following investigations. As a result of the investigation and judicial review of these criminal cases, eight convictions were handed down and 22 persons were given suspended sentences" (4). "Ministry of Internal Affairs Order No. 1105...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"In accordance with Act No. 179 of 17 November 2016 on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Kyrgyz Republic (the Criminal Code, the Family Code), the Criminal Code establishes criminal liability for violations of the legislation on the age of marriage that occur in connection with the celebration of religious ceremonies (article 1551). Since the criminalization of such acts, a total of 17 cases have been recorded, and 10 criminal actions have been brought following investigations. As a result of the investigation and judicial review of these criminal cases, eight convictions were handed down and 22 persons were given suspended sentences" (4). "Ministry of Internal Affairs Order No. 1105...more