Best Kept Secret-Sexual Abuse Of Children

In the article, Child Marriages in Sub-Saharan Africa, states the reasons and crazy expectations of child marriages. In Sub-Saharan Africa 39% of girls are married before the age of 18. Child marriages has spread throughout all of Africa. In West and Central Africa 42% of girls are married before age 18 and in Eastern and Southern Africa it is 36% of the girls (Child Marriages in: Sub-Saharan Africa). These number vary throughout the year yet they never drop to zero. It is a mass dilemma to outsiders yet in the depth of Africa, it a tradition that is hard to break. Daughters may be married off due to poverty or fear of safety. It is a custom in which the daughter does not have much control and marriage can be used as a leverage in a heated

U.S. Centers for Disease Control did a study that examined nearly 600,000 confirmed child maltreatment cases over the course of a year. Of the cases there were 1,740 of the cases that resulted in the death of a child.

Agreements such as this can lift the burden of paying for a girl’s education, thus making it easier for parents to choose to educate their children, instead of marrying them off. In rural areas of underdeveloped countries, the practice of child marriage is on the rise due to the fact that most of the girls being married off are not educated enough to know there are laws in place to protect them. Being oblivious of their rights, children are being married off before they are able to comprehend the harm brought upon them. Having knowledge of laws that protects them from being married before they are ready can assist them in taking steps to prevent the occurrence of early marriage. Educating young girls about their rights is one way of ensuring that one child may be kept safe from having to face the atrocities of marriage with mostly older men. We can accomplish this by setting up organizations that can go to different villages and provide information on how marriage at a young age can have negative effects on the health of young wives. These organizations could even work with the government to provide shelters for girls who are trying to escape the wickedness of early marriage.

I also agree that the getting the law passed in a male dominated country. In addition to this, religion plays a big role in this problem will not be a simple task. One way is to start by raising awareness of this issue, and most importantly the girls and boys need to be educated about sex education. According to Girls Not Brides, governments should demonstrate their commitment to end child marriage by developing strong laws and policies, and putting the money and institutions in place to enforce

Girls who marry at this young age are in danger of loss of their basic human rights of health safety and education. When a girl marries at these younger age they are less likely continue with their education. When a girl is not allowed to become educated she will be more likely to live in poverty with her children facing the same fate. They can be isolated and are at risk of

At that age children want to play and go to school they are not mature enough to do things such as cook, work, and pay bills. In the Middle East a man’s wife is considered his property so that means it is unlikely that anyone will enforce the ban against sexual relations with girls so young. Also the fact that women are considered the property of their husbands puts them into a vulnerable situation where they have to rely on their husbands for everything. Furthermore, an older woman would be better equipped mentally to make the choice weather or not to get married. An adult would also have a much easier time running away from an undesired marriage. Marriage is a huge commitment that should only be entered into voluntarily, which is something that a child cannot do. Therefore, Middle Eastern countries should not allow girls to get married at such a young age.

Child brides are a little voiced problem that occur around the world. Fourteen million girls become child brides every year, a number that is increasing due to the growing populations of countries where child marriage is common (Fisher). I chose to focus on child brides specifically in Africa and the Middle East due to the high instances of child marriages in those parts of the world. In my research I also found that child brides are very common in South Asia and South America as well. In Niger, Chad, Mali, Bangladesh, Guinea, Central African Republic, Mozambique, and Nepal over half of girls are married before they turn eighteen (Fisher).This is largely due to traditional tribal practices, cultural norms, and an overall lack of education.

You don't hear many stories of teens getting married, but there are teens who get married, they get married in secret or they get married when they turn 18 or 19 which some people do still consider that to be a teenager. Teens think they need to find the person they are going to marry in high school and get married either before or after college. It is that 48 percent of teens who get married get a divorce before they are married for ten years and people who get married when their older have a lower percent chance of getting a divorce before being married for ten years. Teens should not be allowed to get married because they don't really know each other, they aren't old enough, and they may be getting married for all the wrong reason.

In many societies, marriage is a celebrated institution commemorating the union between two consenting adults and the beginning of their lives together. However, this experience and celebration is different for the millions of girls around the world who are forced to wed while still children, some not even yet teenagers.

According to Svanemyr J, “Child marriage, defined as a formal marriage or informal union before age 18, is a reality for both boys and girls; however girls are disproportionately the most affected. Globally nearly one in three girls are married before the age of 18, and one in seven is married before the age of 15. An estimated 10 million child marriages occur every” (1). Childhood marriages in Yemen have been factual for centuries,

It makes divorces in their early age. These wives, who are arranged to marry, mostly get divorces, and they can't control themselves because they still are teenagers, so they may try to have sex with other wives' husbands or friends. Then, it affects for some families. A lot of girls may be still teenagers, and they might want to generate some complex problems for their families because of marriage. Also, they want to meet or talk with other boys, so it makes a huge problem between many families since their husbands or families do not accept this bad event. Finally, the girls might become prostitutes. Some girls want to do something disgraceful like sex. This affects their families because the families can't let the girls choose boys. Also, it makes a bad consequence for boys because the girls may have HIV, and it makes problems for the boys, so it affects entire cities or countries. Additionally, HIV is not a simple virus for people because it is a killer virus. This situation expands in the cities or countries, so the government can't control it. Consequently, the government needs to restrict this process because it is a dangerous virus in the

As developing countries attempt to accommodate their rapidly growing youth population, it is important to start considering investments in adolescent girls. In these same developing countries, child marriages tend to be a very common practice. Both region and culture play a part. When considering the limited education or even the lack of economic opportunities in these places, child marriage can end up leading to a life of poverty, social isolation, and powerlessness, infringing on their human rights, health, and well-being. The effects that early marriage can have on children should be acknowledged. Research has shown that child marriage has a direct negative correlation when it comes to its impact on education, health, and psychological well-being of the girls who marry early. Currently, the issue of child marriage is prevalent in Mali. There have been programs implemented in similar rural countries as Mali, that have been successful in showing evidence to support the benefits of programs designed to delay child marriages. These outcomes included positive results for school attendance, age at marriage, reproductive health knowledge and communication and contraceptive use particularly among girls aged 10-14. Implementing these recommendations to the Ministry for the Promotion of Women, Children & Families in Mali can help to determine the feasibility of developing a similar intervention.

Every year 15 million girls are married before the age of 18.(Source 3)One third of girls in the developing world are married before the age of 18 and 1 in 9 before the age of 15. However, no one religious affiliation is associated with child marriage; there are many different ones in many countries all across the world (ICRW- source 1)

though our government and society is doing much to abolish early or child marriage through campaigns, laws, policies and individual support of people, it is still a far reaching dream for young girls who are still repeatedly forced into such liaisons.

When asked what happened, Hadizatou answered, “I was negotiated over like a goat.” She was sold for $500 for a forced marriage with a man well into his 60s. Her parents never knew that she was raped, physically abused, and forced to perform excruciatingly hard labor. Hadizatou escaped her abuser and fell in love, only to be sentenced to prison for six months for bigamy—marrying someone when you 're already married. In 2010, David R. Hotchkiss, Deepali Godha, Anastasia J. Gage and Claudia Cappa, who all have PhDs in economics and either a master’s or bachelor’s degree in demographics, conceptualized a study of the risk factors that are associated with the practice of child marriages, specifically towards girls living in Serbia. The study showed that in Serbia, 50.4% of women 20 to 24 years of age report being first married at 17 years or younger and 13.2% were first married at age 14 years or younger. Girls in Serbia are at a very high risk of being married as children since the practice is most common among poorer households. With the poverty comes the incapability of receiving education and so the risks of maternal mortality (that is closely associated with child marriages) is unknown to families. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that many poorer families have to support family in other countries, leaving them no other option to keep their very own children. Tara S. Beattie, who has a bachelor of science degree in medical