JORDAN: RIGHTS GROUP LAUNCHES DRIVE TO CURB EARLY MARRIAGE
Author: Womens UN Report Network
Date: February 5, 2006
Rights
Child
divorce
marriage
marriage……..”Early marriage leads to early motherhood and problems with
health, education, and life expectancy.”
(b) Consent to marriage
Abuse
JORDAN: RIGHTS GROUP LAUNCHES DRIVE TO CURB EARLY MARRIAGE |
AMMAN, 9 Feb 2006 (IRIN) – A leading Jordanian rights group has “We need to educate people about the negative consequences of the An amendment of the personal status law in late 2004 brought the legal “The tragedy is when someone gets married at 15 and years later According to UN children’s fund UNICEF, the practice is considered a The government says that the enforcement of more liberal laws, the Nevertheless, girls – some as young as 11 years-old – are still being There are no figures available on the numbers of child marriages taking While economic and social progress has helped reduce underage marriage Mizan’s public awareness drive is to last until the end of this year. A campaign poster bearing the caption “Know your rights and then you “No to health and emotional damage by marriages under 18 years-old,” _________________________________________________________________________________ |
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