The Incidence Rate of Child Marriage

I do not want to take a rainbow from the sky. Do not force them to close the windows of their lives. Yes, I can. We will let the children marry in the morning of their lives and force them to end their prospects. "Child marriage is common throughout the history of mankind Today, marriage of children in some of the developing areas such as Africa, South Asia, parts of Southeast Asia and East Asia, West Asia, Latin America, Oceania, etc. are still General The marriage rate of children is decreasing.

According to UNICEF statistics, the marriage rate of children is highest in Africa, and more than 70% of girls are married in the three countries under 18 years old. Girls in western and central Africa are at the highest risk of getting married when they are children. Niger is one of the countries with the earliest marriage rate in sub-Saharan Africa. Of Nigerian women aged 20 to 24, 76% have married by 18 years of age and 28% have reported that they married by the age of 15. UNICEF's report is based on small sample survey data from 1995 to 2004. There are cases where local violence is currently unknown because infrastructure is short.

In Latin America and Caribbean island countries, marriage of children is common. About 29% of girls are married before 18 years old. In these countries the marriage rates of children differ in the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Brazil, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Haiti, Ecuador and report the highest population rate in the United States. As of 2012, the marriage rate of children in Bolivia and Guyana declined the most. In Guatemala, early marriage is the most common in indigenous Maya communities. Brazil is ranked fourth in the world by absolute number of girls married or living together at the age of 15. In Latin America, the lack of legislation stipulating the minimum age of poverty and marriage is regarded as the cause of child marriage. In order to fight against poverty, rural and indigenous communities generally think that marriage of children is not from poverty, and some NGOs collaborate with the Latin American community to change norms and adolescence It is creating a safe space for the girls.