Middle Eastern Marriage

Due to the increase in the marriages of young people, there is a controversial debate whether young people should getting married at early age. While some people believe this has a number of negative effects on our lives, the others disagree.(This is my suggested introduction.)

For hundreds of years young children were married off early in life sometimes 12 years old for girls, and 14 years old for boys. So why doesn’t that happen now? This simply is because starting in the early 1900s the age “limit” as some would say started increasing. Now instead of having to be 12 or 14, a person has to be anywhere between 15 and 21 to get married. Some of the reasons why this change occurred is compulsory state schooling, child labor laws, and studies showing the negative effects of early in life marriages (Dahl).

in Lebanon, women were expected to get married and have kids by the time they were eighteen years old. That was what my mom did. my mom got married at a very young age, and she never got to finish high school. my dad on the other hand, could not afford

Soon after a girl hits puberty, she is considered ready for marriage. Marriages were almost always arranged by the families of the bride and

Girls all over the world are forced into marriages due to financial necessity, tradition and to ensure their future. Most of these girls married are at a young age: “One third of the world’s girls are married before the age of 18 and 1 in 9 are married before the age of 15”( “Child Marriage Facts and Figures”). The young ages of those being married reveal how crucial it is to resolve this problem. When child marriage occurs the parents of the bride usually chose the groom for their daughters; and these grooms can be three times older than the young brides. Some children are brought into the world of marriage at the of 8 or sometimes less depending on their cultural views. The following can be used to help reduce the impact of early

In Middle Eastern families, marriages are typically endogamous and it is considered as a holy celebration. Men have been taught to be family’s providers and take care of their wives and kids. Women on the other hand, have been taught to take care of the home and the kids, obey her husband, and be friendly with her inlaws.

Lastly, San girls marry young as a result of pressure from their parents. Their parents want and need a man to collect meat for them, and hope that he will do so into their old age. The parents also want to get closer to the grooms

Also being married at sixteen means they were only in 10th grade at the time if they had gotten any education. Based off of the religion in Afghanistan which is Islam, women are given many rights. The students of Mount Holyoke College had came together and said, “Islam gives women rights, including rights to work, the ability to choose the man she will marry, among others. However, in Afghanistan, many times women have not been given these specific rights.” They had also said that it was almost 15 hundred years back when this had happened. When Afghanistan was not independent women were given some rights about marriage like, they didn’t have to marry the husband's closest relative if the husband had ever died. Also the women could choose to either stay with her husband that she was with after she had went through puberty or not to stay with

Marbel Van Oranjes from Girls Not Bride stated that 40 millions girl are getting married before they are 18 years old. And this big problem need to be change as it is a truly global problem that cuts across countries, cultures, religions and ethnicities. Child brides can be found in every region in the world, from the Middle East to Latin America, South Asia to Europe. As we can see

When one thinks of marriage, they think of two adults being in love and deciding to spend the rest of their lives together. To most, marriage is a choice, but according to the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), one third of the girls, under the age of eighteen, in the world marriage is not all they would have dreamt of. All around the world girls under the age of eighteen are getting married. Girls are getting married to strangers, to men drastically older than them and also unwillingly. This can be and is extremely dangerous. A person under the age of eighteen should not be allowed to marry simply because they are not mature nor developed enough to handle adult situations. These girls are having to be put in situations that they do not understand how to solve. Ending child marriage requires work across all sectors and at all

The causes of child marriage often stem from tradition and gender norms within the community. However, child marriages can also be a result of severe poverty; the dowry, or “price of the bride,” may be needed for a family’s survival. Even security plays a role in the decision, as parents may believe their daughter will be safer in a marriage than unwed.

Every young girl asks for a new baby Annabel or a new bicycle on the run up to their 11th birthday, but girls all over the world just want the right to an education and a free life. In the developing world girls are getting married to older men from ages 30 up. This can end their chances of an education and puts them at a much greater risk of isolation and violence. For girls under the age of 15 the incidence of an early forced marriage is one in nine; The girls in these undeveloped countries can be married as young as 5 years old. It is time to stop these unforgivable marriages.

In many of the cultures in these parts of the world honor is of vital importance. It is a great shame to one’s family for a girl to have sex outside of marriage, consensual or otherwise. Women who have sex outside of wedlock are ostracized from their communities and at times even killed in order to cleanse the family honor. Based on these beliefs, a father (as it is almost always the men of the family who arrange marriages) may marry his daughter off early in an effort to protect her and the family. In Yemen there is a proverb that says “To guarantee a happy marriage, marry a nine-year-old girl” (Ali 74), and in Nigeria it is “considered shameful for a girl to menstruate more than once while still residing in her parents’ home” (Haberland

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.

In South Asia, forced marriage is more common in child marriage. The girls are getting married at age where they are learning to live their childhood. Culture and traditions are very important for most people and they always want to follow it. “Child marriage also has roots within Indian culture and it’s thought to have begun during the medieval ages. During this time, there was an absolute monarchy government rules by the Delhi Sultans, who introduced the practice of child marriage” (plan UK). Followed by another quotation, according to human rights, "the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) estimates that over 14 million girls will be married before their 18th birthday over the next decade, and almost 50 percent of these child brides are in South Asia" (Human Rights). However, their childhood is taken away from them and forced them into a life of hell. According to Sudan, "most child marriages take place in South Asia and rural-Saharan Africa, according to the population fund. Regarding absolute numbers, India, because of its large population, has the most child marriage with child brides in 47 percent of all marriage" (Sudan). Through forced marriage, these girls have to leave their education apart and after marriage they have to take care of groom 's family. Sometimes these young girls have to face much consequence in the marriage, the husband or the family member would beat the girl. The family would try to make their life miserable.