Early Marriage in South Asia A DISCUSSION PAPER Contents INTRODUCTION 2 THE PREVALENCE OF EARLY MARRIAGE 3 CAUSES OF EARLY MARRIAGE 5 CONSEQUENCES OF EARLY MARRIAGE 8 RESPONSES TO EARLY MARRIAGE OF CHILDREN 16 Introduction Early marriage affects millions of children through the world. It is widely practiced in the countries of South Asia where every year millions of girls-preteens and teens- become the wives of older men. Young girls are married
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REPORT ON CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF EARLY MARRIAGE IN AMHARA REGION July 2006 Addis Ababa‚ Ethiopia Pathfinder International/Ethiopia Table of Contents Page LIST OF TABLES...........................................................................................................................................IV LIST OF FIGURES .......................................................................................................................................... V ACRONYMS FOREWARD .
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Topic: Early Marriage: A Global Phenomenon Facts of the Study: Early marriage is a global issue. It is quite common in the African and Asian countries. However‚ the consequence of early marriage is serious‚ which can violate the rights of adolescence‚ both in this generation and the next. It affects the education and well-being of millions of children and has a knock-on effect for the poverty and development of communities. Simply put‚ early marriage can violate children basic rights to a childhood
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Throughout the world‚ marriage is regarded as a moment of celebration and a milestone in adult life. Sadly‚ in this forum discussion makes clear; the practice of early marriage gives no such cause for celebration. All too often‚ the imposition of a marriage partner upon a child means that a girl or boy’s childhood is cut short and their fundamental rights are compromised. We have encountered the phenomena of child marriage and early marriage on numerous occasions. While much of the impact remains
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Early Marriage >>Child marriage and child betrothal customs occur in various times and places‚ whereby children are given in matrimony - before marriageable ageas defined by the commentator and often before puberty. Today such customs are fairly widespread in parts of Africa‚ Asia‚ Oceania and South America: in former times it occurred also in Europe. It is frequently associated with arranged marriage. In some cases only one marriage-partner is a child‚ usually the female‚ due to importance placed
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CAUSE AND EFFECT OF EARLY MARRIAGE TO THE TEENAGER OF CAVITE Wilfred Leovic Albino Edson Carampot Michael Vida A term paper presented to the faculty of the Department of General Education‚ Cavite State University- Trece Martires City Campus‚ Trece Martires City‚ Cavite in partial fulfillment of the requirements for English 7: Scientific and Technical Writing subject prepared under the supervision of Ms. Vienna Mi A. Austria. INTRODUCTION
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Term Paper in Sociology “Early Marriage” Submitted to: Mr. Abraham Diopenes Submitted by: Nikko B. Fernandez BSHM III TTH ( 2:30 – 4:00 ) Introduction: Early marriage is also known as teen marriage and it is typically defined as the union of two adolescents‚ joined in marriage from at a young age starting from the age of 14 years old. Until the late 20th century‚ teen marriage was very common and instrumental in securing a family‚ continuing a blood lineage and producing offspring for
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An early marriage‚ is an issue where argued by many now a days. Some people are advocated for early marriage because it is healthy.Prophet Mohammed said that it is better to marry early‚ but if you can’t then you should fast instead if you still can’t control your desire. I believe that early marriage had a lot of advantages. But people would argue that younger married couples are not matured enough to take the responsibilities. But this is not a big issue to argue for‚ since a most succeeded marriages
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Marriage is the union of a man and a woman who makes a permanent and exclusive commitment to each other of the type that is naturally fulfilled by bearing and rearing children together. It is essentially a union of hearts and minds‚ enhanced by whatever forms of sexual intimacy both partners find agreeable but‚ there are numerous problems a couple can face when marriage happens at an early stage for them. Early marriage is also referred to as child marriage‚ where emotional and social effects
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INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Marriage before the age of 18 is a reality for many young women. In many parts of the world parents encourage the marriage of their daughters while they are still children in hopes that the marriage will benefit them both financially and socially‚ while also relieving financial burdens on the family. In actuality‚ child marriage is a violation of human rights‚ com-promising the development of girls and often resulting in early pregnancy and social isolation‚ with
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