Child Marriage Laws around the World: Minimum Marriage Age, Legal Exceptions, and Gender Disparities

The marriage of children below 18 is widely recognized in international human rights agreements as a discriminatory global practice that hinders the development and well-being of hundreds of millions of girls. Using a new global policy database, we analyze national legislation regarding minimum marr...

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Autores principales: Arthur, Megan, Earle, Alison, Raub, Amy, Vincent, Ilona, Atabay, Efe, Latz, Isabel, Kranz, Gabriella, Nandi, Arijit, Heymann, Jody
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Publicado: Routledge 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6382347/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30828270
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1554477X.2017.1375786
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author Arthur, Megan
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description The marriage of children below 18 is widely recognized in international human rights agreements as a discriminatory global practice that hinders the development and well-being of hundreds of millions of girls. Using a new global policy database, we analyze national legislation regarding minimum marriage age, exceptions permitting marriage at earlier ages, and gender disparities in laws. While our longitudinal data indicate improvements in frequencies of countries with legal provisions that prohibit marriage below the age of 18, important gaps remain in eliminating legal exceptions and gender discrimination.
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spelling pubmed-63823472019-03-01 Child Marriage Laws around the World: Minimum Marriage Age, Legal Exceptions, and Gender Disparities Arthur, Megan Earle, Alison Raub, Amy Vincent, Ilona Atabay, Efe Latz, Isabel Kranz, Gabriella Nandi, Arijit Heymann, Jody J Women Polit Policy Article The marriage of children below 18 is widely recognized in international human rights agreements as a discriminatory global practice that hinders the development and well-being of hundreds of millions of girls. Using a new global policy database, we analyze national legislation regarding minimum marriage age, exceptions permitting marriage at earlier ages, and gender disparities in laws. While our longitudinal data indicate improvements in frequencies of countries with legal provisions that prohibit marriage below the age of 18, important gaps remain in eliminating legal exceptions and gender discrimination. Routledge 2017-11-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6382347/ /pubmed/30828270 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1554477X.2017.1375786 Text en © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
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