Child marriage is a prevalent phenomenon in developing countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Zambia is one with the highest rate of child marriages, with 1.7 million child brides. This study investigates the contribution of UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) an...
Child marriage is a widespread practice in Yemen, especially in the rural areas. Las “niñas novias” [en] son una práctica común en Yemen, especialmente en sus áreas rurales. gv2019 Information was also provided on the issue of forced and child marriages in Zambia. También se ...
The report "Eliminating Child Marriage in India: Progress and Prospects" mainly used data in the Census 2011 to analyze child marriage in the country. Statistics show that nearly 150 child marriages happen every hour in India. The number of child marriages exceeds the total population of the Phi...
Prevalence of child marriage is highest in parts of West and Central Africa, reaching 76% of girls in Niger [1]. In terms of burden, the largest number of girls affected by child marriage is in South Asia. UNICEF estimates that 25 million child marriages have been prevented over the last...
Similarly, we considered both formal and informal unions to be “marriages” [28]. To assess the timing of the second premarital birth in the presence of a competing risk, we first created a status variable as an indication of whether a woman has had a second premarital birth or not and ...
Malawi has described as effective the engagement of traditional leaders in the fight against child marriages. Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Jean Kalilani said this at a side event during the 62nd Session of the Commission on
In 2016, the government was forced to throw out a bill that could have pardoned men convicted of child-sex assault after a public outcry. A recent survey carried out by the Women's Research Center at Ankara's Gazi University has shed light on the severe problem of child marriages in Turke...
Evidence does exist, however, of adults not merely “surviving” but thriving following a history of childhood sexual “abuse”. Far from showing deficits in their capacity for intimacy or emotional connection, there are those who report close, happy marriages and families raised with every sign ...
Understanding Couple Communication and Family Planning in Zambia This report summarizes the results of a formative research study on the role of couple communication in family planning within the context of child marriages in Zambia. The study was designed to help inform service delivery and social an...
Information was also provided on the issue of forced and child marriages in Zambia. 还提供了有关赞比亚强迫童婚问题的情况。 UN-2 In some cases this phenomenon may be veiled in a “culturally acceptable” practice through, for instance, child marriage. 在有些情况下,这种现象可能以“文化上...