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Underage Marriage
By Avneet Khaira
About Child Marriage Every year over 10 million girls are
forced to marry as children. Leaving
their education and rights behind.
Girls are married before they are 18
without any say in the matter. None of the
girls are physically or emotionally ready to
become wives or mothers. The girls are forced to work hard
hours of the day cleaning. The girls are at huge risk of facing HIV
or AIDS due to pregnancy and childbirth. The girls also face domestic violence. It is estimated
that if we don’t act soon in 2030 15.4 million girls will marry as children! We need to get this
known across the world!
Where About In The World?
Where does it happen - Girls Not Brides.html
The country that has the most child marriage’s would be Niger which has 75% of girls getting married before they reach eighteen years.
The Impacts On The Girls
Watch the following links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P3iCVyny-o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6BYkpQD4X0
The Reason
A main reason would be poverty. As a family, giving the
girl to a man would mean they’d be able to reduce the
family costs. Meaning they wouldn’t have to worry about
feeding, educating and clothing the girl. In communities
where a dowry or ‘bride price’ is paid, the poorer family
would receive more family income. When the girl’s family
have to pay the groom a dowry, they would have to pay
less because the girl is young and uneducated.
Many parents marry off their
daughters young because they feel it
is in her best interest, often to ensure
her safety in areas where girls are at
high risk of physical or sexual assault.
There is another reason that in
many communities where child
marriage is practised, girls are
not valued as much as boys –
they are seen as a burden.
Child marriage is a traditional practice that in many places happens simply because it has happened for generations.
A Boy’s Side Of Things
Boys feel as if they cannot attend college
or school because they have to look after
their wife. “If our parents had not forced us to marry at such a young age, our lives would be so different” quoted Pannilal Yadev, a boy who was forced into marriage at the age of 7, he is now 25.The consequences of early
marriage on young girls are
well known, but millions of
underage boys are also
married off each year-and
there is little research on their
fates!
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/05/19/a_grooms_tale
Read this news article about child grooms:
How Does Religion Affect This Problem?
Islamic Law states that if a girl passes
puberty, she is allowed to be married -
regardless of whether she is 9, 11, 15 etc.
Grown-up Sikh boys and girls get married
when they are fully able to take on the
responsibilities of married life. Child marriage
is forbidden.
In most of the western countries the minimum age
for marriage is 18 years (for Christians)
Hindus do not believe in child marriages either.
Educating The Girls
If the girls are educated then they will have a less
chance of marrying when they are young.
Improving girls’ access to quality schooling will increase girls’ chances of gaining a secondary education and helps to delay marriage.
When a girl receives seven or more
years of education, she marries four
years later.
“Girls Not Brides members are working to empower
girls by establishing girls’ groups that provide a safe
space for girls to meet and share experiences, reducing
their sense of isolation and vulnerability.”
We need to give the girls
opportunities to gain skills within
their education.
The Law
Most countries around the world have laws
that set a minimum age of marriage, usually
at age 18 however some countries allow
children to be married if the parent has
consent.
Laws that set a minimum age of marriage are
an important way to safeguard boys and girls
from being married before they are ready.
Child marriage or marriage without the free and full consent of both spouses is a human rights violation.
As well as having strong and enforceable minimum age of
marriage legislation, it is imperative that to have strong
supporting legislation which protects women and girls’
rights.” Stated the charity Girls Not Brides.
Girls Not Brides
Girl’s Voices
http://www.girlsnotbrides.org/girls-voices/young-bride-fights-back-reenas-story-india/
Reena’s Story:
http://www.girlsnotbrides.org/girls-voices/believe-can/
Laxmi’s Story:
http://www.girlsnotbrides.org/video-no-to-child-marriage-yes-to-education-for-girls-in-india/
Education:
What Can We Do?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv
QjBjqmNLM
First Let’s Watch
These Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4v3vq5-z8Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=m7gaDc9Ip-I
Here are some charities:
http://www.care.org/work/womens-emp
owerment/child-marriage
http://www.plan-uk.org/ http://www.girlsnotbrides.org/take-action/
http://www.girleffect.org/#
Together We Can Say NO To Child Marriage!
With your help we can stop child marriage. Please take a look at these websites and donate because it is for a very good cause.
Send This To Everyone You Know! We need to get this message across the world.
Thank You For Listening!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e8xgF0JtVg&index=7&list=FLOoma9ZrGw4CHcIcmFxAY3w