"How Come You Allow Little Girls to Get Married?": Child Marriage …
2011年12月7日 · According to a nationally representative survey conducted by the Yemeni government and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in 2006, 14 percent of girls in Yemen are married before...
Yemen - Girls Not Brides
What drives child marriage in Yemen? What international, regional and national commitments has Yemen made? What is the government doing to address child marriage? What is the minimum legal framework around marriage? Explore child marriage data in …
Child marriage in Yemen - As Equals - CNN
2018年1月22日 · Child marriage is entrenched in Yemen, a symptom of crippling poverty and a deeply conservative culture. It's a traditional practice preserved in proverbs like, "Marry an 8-year-old girl,...
PREVALENCE OF CHILD MARRIAGE According to Yemen’s most recent DHS, conducted in 2013, 31.9 per cent of women aged 20-24 years were married before 18 years of age whilst 9.4 per cent were married before age 15. 11 Because the prior DHS in Ye - men occurred 16 years before, it is not advisable to use it to estimate trends in child marriage over ...
Yemen: End Child Marriage - Human Rights Watch
2013年9月11日 · In early September, a story emerged about an 8-year-old girl who bled to death on her wedding night after she was raped by her new husband, who is in his 40s. Since then, activists across the...
Girls in Yemen struggle not only with the harmful practice of child marriage, but also with female genital mutilation (FGM). Among women aged 18–49, a third (33.2 per cent) have experienced child marriage ‘only’, while 8 per cent of all women in this age group have experienced both child marriage and FGM.3
Girls in Yemen forced into marriage – DW – 05/11/2020 - dw.com
2020年5月11日 · An extraordinary case of child marriage in Yemen has highlighted the rising number of forced, underage weddings. In rare instances, women have managed to fight back, reports Safia Mahdi from...
Child Marriage in Yemen: A Mixed Methods Study in Ongoing …
2021年2月2日 · In Yemen, displaced girls, especially those with longer exposure to conflict, have the highest risk of child marriage compared to boy and host girl counterparts. Economic instability is a primary factor in marriage decision-making but has a complex relationship with the effects of displacement on employment.
“How Come You Allow Little Girls to Get Married?”: Child marriage in Yemen
Yemeni girls and women are being forced into child marriages by their families, and have little chance of controlling how many children they have or when they have them. Marrying early cuts short their education, and some are being subjected to sexual violence, including forced sex or …
“How Come You Allow Little Girls to Get Married?”: Child marriage in Yemen
“How Come You Allow Little Girls to Get Married?”: Child Marriage in Yemen,’ documents the lifelong damage to girls who are forced to marry young.