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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1. Introduction Marriage‚ as a fundamental social and cultural institution and as the most common milieu for bearing and rearing children‚ profoundly shapes sexual behaviours and practices. It is undeniable that early marriage is a controversial yet hot topic that gets the attention of the professionals across many fields such as economy‚ psychology and sociology. The age at first marriage variegates across the globe. Being married before the age of 18 has been a social norm in third world
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Early marriage is the marriage of children and adolescents below the age of 18. Causes: According to UNICEF’s Innocenti Research Centre‚ the "practice of marrying girls at a young age is most common in Sub-Saharan African and South Asia". There are specific parts of West Africa and East Africa and of South Asia where marriages before puberty are not unusual. However‚ the Centre also notes that marriage shortly after puberty is common among those living traditional lifestyles in the Middle East
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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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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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AND EFFECT OF EARLY GIRL CHILD MARRIAGE IN NIGERIA OBA ADEBOYE SOLOMON - SCHOOL: LAGOS STATE SCHOOL OF NURSING‚ IGANDO DATE: JANUARY 2014. INTRODUCTION Today child marriage are fairly wide spread in developing areas of the world‚ especially in Africa‚ South Asia‚ South east and East Asia‚ West Asia‚ Latin America and Oceania. The incidence rates of child marriage have been falling in most parts of the world. The five nations with the highest observed rates of child marriages in
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Topic: Smoking Thesis: Smoking among teens has been increasing in an alarming rate. What are the effects on cigarette advertising has on the teenagers and the numerous ways to quit smoking. Related Issues: 1. Reasons why teens pick up the habit of smoking 2. The Effects of Tobacco Advertisement 3. The numerous reasons people give up smoking 4. The Health benefits of quitting 5. Numerous Steps to quitting TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Abstract pg 3 2. Introduction pg 4 3. Literature
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A marriage on its own has its share of problems‚ but when you bring in other members of the family‚ things can get ugly. In laws can cause a certain degree of tension in a marriage. Complaints about them are common and often a cause of conflict between married couples because of the differences they encounter. In-laws face a difficult transition in letting go of their child‚ especially for a mother because her "baby" will have another mother. Being a married couple‚ approval from both sides of the
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Early marriage refers to any marriage before the legal age of marriage which may differ from country to country. The legal age of marriage differs by sex‚ for example‚ in some countries in Africa it is 18 for males and only 15 for females. Forced early marriages are known to cause reproductive health risk to the girl child and they also make them feel isolated. DEFINITION-The act of being married early in hopes that one can benefit marriage through financial and social problems. -The act of leaving
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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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