The Child Marriage
Child marriage is a major issue in many countries. It is refers as marriage of a child with a person who have certain age. In majority of cases the female is below 18 and male is adult 34 or 26 age. This is rooted in those society which has inequality.
The age of marriage is 18 or above it. It is law which passed everywhere, but there is lack of implementation. It is tradition of many families and implementation is necessary for every member of families.
Child marriage violates the rights of children and has long-term consequences for both child brides and child grooms. For child brides, in addition to mental health issues and lack of access to education and career opportunities, these include adverse health effects as a result of early pregnancy and childbirth. Impacts on child stewardship include poor preparation for certain responsibilities such as providing for the family, early fatherhood, and lack of access to education and career opportunities.
Child marriage is part of the practice of child engagement, which often involves civil cohabitation and judicial approval of all engagements. Causes of child marriage include poverty, bride price, dowry, cultural traditions, religious and social pressures, regional customs, fear of , that the child remains unmarried until adulthood, illiteracy and the perceived inability of women to work for money. Research shows that comprehensive sexuality education can help prevent child marriage.
Reducing child marriage in developing countries requires educating and empowering the rural community. Girls can make better decisions about life and marriage thanks to education. Rural development programs such as health care, water and sanitation can help families financially and minimize child marriage. Education and rural development can break the cycle of poverty and child marriage.
Child marriage has historically been common and continues to be widespread, especially in developing countries such as parts of Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia,West Asia, Latin America and Oceania. Even in developed countries, however, statutory exemptions still allow child marriage, including exemptions in 41 US states.
The incidence of child marriage is declining in most parts of the world. UNICEF data from 2018 showed that around 21 percent of young women worldwide (aged 20 to 24) were married as children, down 25 percent from 10 years ago. The countries with the highest observed rates of child marriage (under 18) were Niger, Chad, Mali, Bangladesh, Guinea, Central African Republic, Mozambique and Nepal, all of which had rates above 50%. Niger, Chad, Bangladesh, Mali, and Ethiopia were countries with child marriage rates above 20% under the age of 15, according to several surveys from 2003–2009. Each year, an estimated 12 million girls around the world are married before the age of 18.
In 2021, 13.3 million children were born to mothers under the age of 20, or about 10 percent of the total number of children worldwide.