Child bride, a story that never ends: A look at experiences of Iranian women

2022 ◽  
pp. 002087282110668
Author(s):  
Shima Bozorgi-Saran ◽  
Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Exposure To Violence ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Child Marriage ◽  
Iranian Women ◽  
Young Girls ◽  
Underlying Causes ◽  
Iranian Child ◽  
Negative Feelings ◽  
Child Brides

Child marriage is one of the issues that deprive many young girls of their basic rights and lives. The present study aimed to explore Iranian child brides’ experiences of the consequences of early marriage. The participants were women living in Tehran who had married at the age of 14–18 years. The analysis of the participants’ experiences revealed four main themes, including ‘underlying causes of early marriages’, ‘concerns and negative feelings’, ‘exposure to violence’, and ‘consequences of early marriages’. Awareness of these challenges can provide useful insights to be used by social workers and policymakers to further support these women.

Child Marriage in the United States

2019 ◽  
pp. 203-215
Author(s):  
Aditi Wahi-Singh ◽  
Kristen Zaleski
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Child Marriage ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Household Chores ◽  
Unwanted Pregnancies ◽  
Child Brides ◽  
United Nations Child

According to the United Nations, child marriage often is a result of gender bias and discrimination by families that choose boys over girls to pursue education. Advocates argue that early marriage creates a permanent end to a girl’s childhood more often than a boy’s childhood because of early forced sexual encounters, early pregnancy, and premature exit from school to attend to household chores for the new husband. Child marriages have consistently been linked with early, more frequent, and more unwanted pregnancies compared with adult marriages in developing countries. Women married as children often experience significantly greater life stressors and higher rates of suicidal thoughts and attempts than do women married as adults. Despite what is known globally about child marriage, the United States continues to legally allow the practice. This chapter explores the limited information on American child brides and discusses policy and practice implications of this phenomenon.

Determinant Factors And Health Implications Of Early Marriage On The Girl Child In Otuan Community Bayelsa State Of Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Letticia Ikiomoye Beredugo ◽  
Awoniyi Babafemi Adeyanju ◽  
Maureen Bunadoumene Nkamare ◽  
Binaebi Amabebe
Keyword(s):  
Peer Group ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Child Marriage ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Excessive Bleeding ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Girl Child ◽  
Health Implications ◽  
Determinant Factors

The practice of early marriage for women remains rampant in developing nations around the world today, and it is a major problem contributing to maternal ill health and death in Nigeria. It has consequence on both social and health of not only the girl child but the children born to these young mothers. The aim of the study is to identify the determinant factors and health implications of early marriage on the girl-child in Otuan Community, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. A descriptive study was done using a descriptive cross-sectional survey type of design, One hundred and thirteen (113) respondents were recruited for the study. A self-developed pilot tested questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents. The instrument was face validated by three experts in the field of Nursing and research; reliability was established using the test retested method and a retest coefficient of 0.82 was arrived at; and data generated were analysed. The study found that; majority of the respondents identified poverty/economic hardship, tradition and culture of the people, area of settlement, peer group and parental neglect as determinant factors that influences early girl-child marriage. The respondents also identified maternal and infant death, sexually transmitted diseases, child disability, prolonged sickness after birth and psychosocial problems as health implication of early girl-child marriage. The study further revealed that the girls had experienced excessive bleeding, anaemia, and prolonged/obstructed labour as complications during pregnancy. The study found that increased educational attainment among girls, risks, change of cultural norms that support early child marriage, and provision of economic opportunities for girls and their families as ways of preventing early girl-child marriage. it is recommended that proper education of girls and parents on the associated risk of early girl-child marriage and formulation of laws and policies to protect adolescent is advocated.

Child Marriage and Intimate Partner Violence: An Examination of Individual, Community, and National Factors

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110426
Author(s):  
Brittany E. Hayes ◽  
Michelle E. Protas
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
National Level ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Child Marriage ◽  
Demographic And Health Surveys ◽  
Age At Marriage ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Nationally Representative

Despite being a human rights violation, child marriage still takes place across the globe. Prior scholarship has shown early marriage to be associated with an increased risk of intimate partner violence (IPV). Drawing on data from the nationally representative Demographic and Health Surveys—conducted in developing and transitional nations where rates of child marriage tend to be higher—the current study provides a cross-national examination of individual-, community-, and national-level predictors of child marriage and their association with physical and emotional IPV. The sample of ever married women includes 281,674 respondents across 46 developing and transitional nations. Findings reveal the prevalence of child marriage was largely consistent with worldwide estimates. Over half of the sample (59.97%) were over the age of 18 when they married and about 1 in 10 women were married at age 14 or younger. A later age at marriage, measured continuously, was associated with lower odds of physical and emotional IPV. When considering the 18 and over cutoff traditionally used to operationalize child marriage, the odds of physical and emotional IPV were lower for women who married over the age of 18 than women who were 14 and younger when they married. However, there was a confounding effect when considering age at marriage as 18 and over when community-level predictors were not included in the model estimating physical abuse. This underscores the need to consider the nested nature of respondents’ experiences. Further, national legislation that protects against child marriage was not associated with risk of physical or emotional IPV. However, population size increased the odds of physical IPV and lowered the odds of emotional IPV. Such findings can be interpreted in light of opportunity theory and provide direction for prevention and intervention programming.

scholarly journals Impact of child marriage on nutritional status of women from suburban and urban areas of West Bengal

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 329
Author(s):  
Tanima Das ◽  
Anup Adhikari
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Family Income ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Child Marriage ◽  
Primary Concern ◽  
Weight Category ◽  
The Impact

Background: Child marriage is a substantial barrier to social and economic development of a country and a primary concern for women’s health. In West Bengal, the practice of early marriage is still running especially in Muslim community. The present study was aimed to find out the impact of child marriage on nutritional status of mother in terms of BMI.Methods: 117 Muslim women from both North and South 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal were studied. All of them were from economically lower middle class group. Height, weight, age, age at marriage, age at 1st child birth, number of children, family income and other information were recorded.Results: During the study, the average age of 117 Muslim women was 28.4±3.7 years with a range of 21-41. Average age was 18.0±1.9 years when the Muslim women got married. 83.6% women who got married in childhood were in underweight category of which 15.8% were in severe thinness category. But 86.9% women who got married after 18 year were in normal weight category. Only 5.3% women of this group were in underweight category.Conclusions: Thinness of the mother was might be due to marriage before 18 year. Thus from the above study it could be concluded that child marriage had a negative impact on mother’s nutritional status in terms of BMI.

EFEKTIVITAS PEMBERIAN DISPENSASI PERKAWINAN TERHADAP PERKAWINAN DI BAWAH UMUR DI MAKASSAR

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurhidayah Nurhidayah
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Child Marriage ◽  
Analyze Data

AbstractChild marriage  induce many problems  for child, in marriage ordinace  No.1 year 1974, someone can  did early marriage if  they got dispensation from  religion court. This research aimed to analysis the efectiveness of dispensation rule for early marriage in ordinace No. 1 Year 1974 about rule marriage. The research locations  at Religion Court of Makassar, KUA Tallo, KUA Bontoala, KUA Ujung Tanah in Makassar. This type of research that researchers use is the type of socio- legal approach. The data obtained form of primary data and secondary data then analyzed in qualitatively and quantitatively. qualitatively analysis used to analyze data descriptive. While quantitative analysis used against Data the form of numbers. The results showed that the application of the rules of marriage dispensation was not effective because manipulation of data, in this case is age manipulation conducted by village employees and indecision of KUA employees thus passed the child marriage file, so that the applicant of child marriage not report their child marriage at Religion Court.Key Word : Early Marriage, Marriage DispensationAbstrakPerkawinan dini menyebabkan berbagai macam  permasalahan bagi para pelakunya,dalam Undang-Undang Perkawinan No.1 Tahun 1974 perkawinan dini boleh dilangsungkan jika mendapatkan dispensasi dari Pengadilan Agama. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis efektivitas penerapan aturan pemberian dispensasi terhadap perkawinan dini pada UU No. 1 Tahun 1974 Tentang Perkawinan. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di Pengadilan Agama Makassar, Kantor Urusan Agama Tallo, Kantor Urusan Agama Bontoala, dan Kantor Urusan Agama Ujung Tanah di Makassar. Jenis penelitian yang  digunakan yaitu dengan tipe penelitian sosio-legal approach. Data yang diperoleh berupa data primer dan data sekunder kemudian dianalisis secara kualitatif dan kuantitatif. Analisis kualitatif digunakan untuk menganalisis data yang sifatnya deskriptif. Sedangkan analisis kuantitatif digunakan terhadap data yang berupa angka-angka. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penerapan aturan dispensasi perkawinan ternyata tidak efektif disebabkan adanya manipulasi data, dalam hal ini manipulasi umur yang dilakukan oleh oknum kelurahan, serta ketidaktegasan dari oknum Kantor Urusan Agama yang meloloskan berkas nikah bagi calon mempelai yang belum cukup umur, sehingga permohonan dispensasi tidak sampai ke Pengadilan AgamaKata Kunci : Perkawinan dini, Dispensasi perkawinan

scholarly journals Measuring Social Norms Related to Child Marriage Among Adult Decision-Makers of Young Girls in Phalombe and Thyolo, Malawi

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. S37-S44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mara Steinhaus ◽  
Laura Hinson ◽  
A. Theodore Rizzo ◽  
Amy Gregowski
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Child Marriage ◽  
Young Girls

scholarly journals Factors affecting Early Age Marriage in Dhankuta Municipality, Nepal

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
RB Sah ◽  
K Gaurav ◽  
DD Baral ◽  
L Subedi ◽  
N Jha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Child Marriage ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Primary Concern ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Unwanted Pregnancies

Background: Child marriage is a substantial barrier to social and economic development in Nepal, and a primary concern for women’s health. Little evidence from Nepal is available regarding the ways in which early marriage may compromise young women’s lives and their reproductive health and choices. The objectives of this study was to find out the factors associated with early age marriages in Dhankuta Municipality. Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted among the residents of Dhankuta municipality, Nepal; where 246 households were taken as subjects. Pretested semi-structured questionnaire was administered to the study subjects and face to face interview was conducted. Chi-square test was applied to find out the association between factors and age of marriages. Results: Almost 53.3% of women were married before age 18 years. Education of wife and husband, and economic status are found to be the important variables in explaining early age marriage. Prevalence of child marriage was higher in Hindu than in Buddhist and Christian women but the difference was not significant. Age of marriage was not significantly associated with contraceptive use. Unwanted pregnancies were higher in early age marriage. It was also seen that unwanted pregnancies was higher (59.3%) than wanted pregnancies (48.6%). Conclusion: The findings of the study indicate that early age marriage was associated with low education and being poor. Nepal Journal of Medical Sciences | Volume 03 | Number 01 | January-June 2014 | Page 26-30 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/njms.v3i1.10354

Child marriage in armed conflict

2019 ◽  
Vol 101 (911) ◽  
pp. 575-601
Author(s):  
Dyan Mazurana ◽  
Anastasia Marshak ◽  
Kinsey Spears
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Child Marriage ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Effective Response ◽  
Global Response ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
Married Child ◽  
Child Brides

AbstractEradicating and addressing child marriage in situations of armed conflict requires that stakeholders increase their attention, knowledge, evidence-based protection measures, and resources in a coordinated fashion. To this end, this article examines what constitutes child marriage within the international legal framework. It then presents a concise analysis of what is known about child marriage in development contexts, before moving on to discuss the (limited) state of knowledge on child marriage in humanitarian settings, and the global response. It presents information on different married child populations, including child brides and grooms, girls forcibly married to armed actors, child widows, and child marriage within natural disasters. It concludes with ideas on the information and knowledge that is still needed to inform effective response.

Growing Up Married

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 101-114
Author(s):  
Zahra Khosroshahi
Keyword(s):  
Social Impact ◽  
Documentary Film ◽  
Child Marriage ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Forced Marriage ◽  
Women's Narratives ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
First Time ◽  
Child Brides

Child marriage affects many young girls and women all over the world, and yet, while the number of cases is extremely alarming, there appears to be hardly any awareness of the subject, never mind public visibility. The consequences of forced marriage are dire with severe psychological, physical, and social impact on girls and women. If we are to raise awareness, the silence surrounding forced child marriage needs to be broken. In her documentary film Growing Up Married (2016), feminist media scholar Eylem Atakav faces the issue head-on. Her film brings to the screen four women from Turkey who were forced into marriage as children; as adults, they recollect their memories, on camera, for the first time. Growing Up Married—a milestone of feminist filmmaking in its celebration of women’s narratives of survival—foregrounds their voices as they tell their stories of having been child brides.

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