Countries: Nepal
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1

"Due to legal, policy and programmatic interventions against child marriage and other harmful traditional practices against girl child, the practice of child marriage has been gradually decreasing. One such initiative is that nearly 1,000 village level committees are active in 59 districts along with vigilance committees at ward level to support girls and families having threats of child marriage, resolve the issues in the community or refer them to district level enforcement authorities. 75 new positions (22 Child Protection Officers and 53 Child Protection Inspectors) have been created and deployed in all 75 districts for protecting children from all forms of harmful traditional practices." (7). "Positive activism manifested by the...more

Countries: Kyrgyzstan
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1

"The Committee [on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women] notes with concern...[t]hat the prevalence of...child marriage...remains high, especially in rural areas, despite [its] criminialization under articles 175, 177, and 178 of the Criminal Code" (16).

Countries: Mozambique
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, AOM-PRACTICE-1, NGOFW-DATA-2

"Since 2019, the Spotlight Initiative, a global initiative of the United Nations funded by the European Union, has been supporting the approval and implementation of Mozambican laws that protect women and girls from gender-based violence and harmful practices, such as early marriages" (para 5).

Countries: Japan
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1

"'You should get married as soon as possible,' several shouted as Shiomura, who went on to represent an upper house constituency, spoke, before asking if she was incapable of having children" (para 17).

Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1

"People were previously able to get married at 16 or 17 if they had parental consent but ministers wanted to insert a clause clamping down on arranged marriages." (2) "Campaigners claimed the previous law was not strong enough to prevent parents marrying their children off under duress. Leading charity Karma Nirvana had warned children as young as seven risked being married off." (8,9)

Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1

"Marriage occurs early for women in Bangladesh. Seventy-one percent of women age 20-49 were married by age 18, and 85% were married by age 20. Nearly one-third (31%) of women age 20-49 reported that they had married by age 15. Among women age 20-24, 59% were married before age 18" (42).

Countries: Serbia
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1

"More than half of Romani girls were married by the age of 18, and one in five was married before the age of 15" (27).

Countries: United States
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1

"Known for its coastlines, mountains and the state that was “first in flight,” North Carolina has also developed a more dubious reputation recently: as a regional destination for adults who want to marry children" (para 1).

Countries: Italy
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1

"As for Roma girls, it is to be taken into account that the schooling rate reduces from the age of 13–14, due to various reasons, including early marriages and early motherhood" (59). The phenomenon of postponing the age of marriage, and of having children increases the number of families where children are present simultaneously with the elderly so that the couple has to work harder" (98).

Countries: Romania
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1

"Media outlets and NGOs reported cases of Romani girls as young as 11 being sold into marriage by their families" (24).

Countries: Madagascar
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1

"The legal age for marriage without parental consent is 18 for both sexes. Nevertheless, child marriage remained very common, particularly in rural areas and in the South. The practice of moletry, in which girls are married at a young age in exchange for oxen received as a dowry, reportedly continued. The parents of a boy (approximately age 15) look for a spouse for their son (girls may be as young as 12), after which the parents of both children organize the wedding" (22).

Countries: Somalia
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1

"In some parts of Somalia, a young girl can get married as young as when she reaches puberty" (1).

Countries: Turkey
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1

"NGOs reported children as young as 12 married in unofficial religious ceremonies, particularly in poor and rural regions and among the Syrian population living in the country" (57).

Countries: Ukraine
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1, AOM-LAW-1

"The minimum age for marriage is 18. A court may grant a child as young as 16 permission to marry if it finds marriage to be in the child’s interest. Romani rights groups reported early marriages involving girls younger than 18 were common in the Romani community" (45).

Countries: Mali
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1, AOM-LAW-1, AOM-DATA-2

"The minimum age to marry without parental consent is 16 for girls and 18 for boys. A 15-year-old girl may marry with parental consent if a civil judge approves. Authorities did not effectively enforce the law, particularly in rural areas, and underage marriage was a problem throughout the country. Girls were also taken as ‘wives’ for combatants and leaders of armed groups. According to 2017 data from the UN Population Fund, 52 percent of women were married by the age of 18 and 17 percent before the age of 15. In some regions of the country, especially Kayes and Koulikoro, girls married as young as 10. It was common practice...more