Tiny Voices Defy Child Marriage in Yemen by Robert F Worth

"I want an everlasting divorce," this is a 10-year-old wife. Children, especially girls, depend on social norms, traditions, and adult life, so they have to get married before they are 18 years old. Today, child marriage is a matter of society. Child marriage is considered social evil in many parts of the world. "Isolation of child marriage needs to be strictly regarded as one of the greatest social evils" (Shanker, Nikhil, Aruna, "Child marriage").

According to Warner, in countries where children have the highest marriage rate, girls' marriages are mostly coordinated by parents or guardians. Countries with the highest child marriage rate are Niger, Chad, Mari, Bangladesh, Guinea, Central African Republic, Afghanistan, Yemen, Pakistan. In some parts of the Americas, marriage of children was also seen by arrangements. In poor communities, the oral cavity of all adults will be a continuous burden. In many of these cultures, it is difficult (or prohibited to do so) for a woman to find a beneficial job, so her daughter is the greatest burden of her family. Therefore, some scholars think that arranging for daughter's marriage is a necessary means to alleviate this burden. Therefore, poverty is the driving force to arrange marriage.

Forced marriage and child marriage are common in many parts of the world, especially in Asia and Africa. Forced marriage is a marriage where one or both parties get married without voluntary consent, and child marriage is marriage of one or both parties under 18 years of age. Such marriage is related to increased domestic violence, such as rape among spouses. These marriage forms are the most common in traditional society, there is no marriage law on sexual violence in marriage, marriage is difficult. Events in some of these countries like Yemen gathered international attention. The World Health Organization states under the heading "Form of customary violence" as follows.

Child marriage is the marriage of one or both spouses under the age of 18. Child marriage has a long history, but today it has been condemned by international human rights organizations. Child marriage is usually arranged between future brides and bridegroom family, sometimes when a girl was born. Child marriage may also occur through kidnapping in the context of marriage. Family honor is an abstract concept, including perception values ​​and respected qualities that affect social position and self-assessment of groups of people, whether for business or individual. Families are seen as a major source of honor and the community has high value for honor and family relations. Family behavior reflects the family's honor and family's own awareness and is recognized by others as well.