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Global prevalence of consanguine marriage, illustrating a higher prevalence of cousin marriage in the Middle East in 2013. Globally, 8.5% of children have consanguineous parents, and 20% of the human population live in communities practicing endogamy.
Child marriage is a marriage or domestic partnership, formal or informal, usually between a child and an adult, but can also be between a child and another child. [ 1 ] Although the age of majority (legal adulthood ) and marriage age are typically 18 years old, these thresholds can differ in different jurisdictions . [ 2 ]
According to Afghan Civil Law Article 40, "marriage is a contract between a male and female for the establishment of a family." [2] Article 70 sets the legal age of marriage to be 16 for females and 18 for males; Article 71 (subsection 1) gives a girl's marriage rights to her father or guardian before the legal age of 16, and marriages for minors under the age of 15 are not allowed under any ...
The current legal marriage of children in Sudan is at age 18, after the nation removed all exemptions to the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) in late 2020. [2] This ratified all articles and explicitly outlawed child marriage. [3] Previously, there was lax legislation and the legal marriageable age was 10. [4]
Child marriage in Cameroon is common. In 2017, 31% of girls are married off before their 18th birthday, [1] and the national median age for first marriages is 18.5. [2] Cameroon holds the 8th highest marriage rate before age 15 among African countries, with 10.7% of Cameroonian women married before age 15 as of 2020. [3]
Child marriage is a marriage or union between a child under the age of 18 to another child or to an adult. [1] Child marriage is common in a multitude of African countries. In South Sudan, child marriage is a growing epidemic. Child marriage in South Sudan is driven by socioeconomic factors such as poverty and gender inequality. [2]
Currently, the country has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. An estimated 29 percent of girls will marry before the age of 15 and 65 percent before the age of 18, according ...
Child marriage in Zimbabwe is common. As of 2019, approximately 1 in 3 girls in Zimbabwe are married before age 18. [1] [2] Early pregnancy can pose a health risk. In July 2021, a 15-year-old girl, who was married to a 26-year-old man, died giving birth inside a church. [3]