Every girl has the right to have a good childhood, get well education, economic and social opportunities. However, when they get married everything changes. People who encourage their daughters to get married early is for economical reasons that someone else will be in charge of her financially or that he believes that a woman’s place is in the kitchen. For example, in Niger, there’s 75% of people are forced to marry someone before the age of 18. In the committee of status of woman they are trying to stop children’s marriage by giving resolutions. Marriage before the age 18 is considered a child marriage. 250 millions girls are forced to be married all around the world.
Countries with the law of child marriage, why:
It’s the country’s law and no one can change that.
It’s one of the important problems of women rights.
In these countries, the legal age of marriage of the boys is 18 and of the girls is 15.
Countries against the law of child marriage:
It affects the women physically and emotionally and it also affects the children, they either die or have some health problems.
It’s not good to be married under the age of 18, but after that it’s accepted.
Girls might get abused.
Forced and define and arrest the people who make their children’s marriage under age.
Forced a law to disagree with child marriage.
- Hana Mito, Sumaya El Hamalawy and Omneya Salama.
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