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Koski and Heymann found child marriage was higher among girls than among boys (6.8 vs. 5.7 per 1,000, or a ~19% difference). [32] Most of the available statistics and literature on child marriages examine female minors as opposed to male minors.
Minors cannot marry. The Governor of Michigan signed sets of bills into law that ended child marriage in July [58] [59] and September 2023. [60] [61] Minnesota: 18 [46] 16 Minors cannot marry. [46] Mississippi [49] 21 — [46] [40] 16 [62] With parental consent, males can marry at 17 and females at 15.
Marriage in the United States is a legal, social, and religious institution. The marriage age is set by each state and territory, either by statute or the common law applies. . An individual may marry without parental consent or other authorization on reaching 18 years of age in all states except in Nebraska (where the general marriage age is 19) and Mississippi (where the general marriage age ...
Jan. 8—Child marriage is still legal in Washington, and on Monday state lawmakers moved along a proposed law to ban it. Today, children of any age can get married in the state. If they're 17 ...
The new law establishes 18 as the minimum age for all marriages in Michigan. The bill passed with strong bipartisan support, with the Senate voting in favor 31-6 and the House approving by a 99-8 ...
CONCORD — The New Hampshire House passed a bill to ban child marriage in New Hampshire on Thursday. Senate Bill 359 , sponsored by Sen. Debra Altschiller, D-Stratham, would raise the minimum age ...
Amin stressed that child marriage does not happen only to South Asian women, but it also affects women in other countries. In Latin America and the Caribbean, about 1 in 4 women are married before 18.
Poverty and lack of laws mandating minimum age for marriage have been cited as reasons for child marriage in Latin America. [ 176 ] [ 177 ] In an effort to combat the widespread belief among poor, rural, and indigenous communities that child marriage is a route out of poverty, some NGOs are working with communities in Latin America to shift ...