The Issue Of Child Marriage

Marriage in the traditional Afghan culture has a deep-rooted process through which it treads step by step. Rarely do young men and women have an opportunity to meet each other, and the to-be wife is usually chosen in a haste. When a young man wants to marry a young lady who is from an unknown family, first his parents do some kind of background check about her, trying to know more about her morals, beauty, and other family affairs.

. The author conveys a very cautionary yet distressing tone when elaborating about the hardships of Afghanistan women’s love life. According to the thesis statement of “Afghanistan : Where women have no choice”, Sieff interprets his distressing tone when he said “ For an Afghan girl dreading marriage to a man she hates, death is of

In this paper I will be exploring the reasons why “young females in Afghanistan pretend to be males” (Norbderg). The article“Afghan Boys Are Prized, So Girls Live the Part”, by Jenny Nordberg, explores how bacha posh are present in Afghanistan and why families are doing this is discussed. The author’s point is that in Afghanistan, male children are valued much more then female children. The boys have many more privileges then the girls do is a large part of the article. Looking at the marked. The privileges that the males have span Afghan culture.

Adults not only in Afghanistan but in countries around the world often dictate all aspects of the child’s life until they become adults themselves; thus, the children’s desires are frequently disregarded and neglected. However, as trivial as their wishes may seem, decisions made by the adult can directly impact the child’s life forever. Therefore, one, especially a foreigner who is not accustomed to their radical principles, must wonder if bacha posh, daughters chosen by their families to live and behave as a boy, enjoy their borrowed status. The palpable answer would be of course, why wouldn’t they cherish their conversion to boyhood. However, “it all depends

According to the new data from UNICEF, fifty seven percent of marriages in Afghanistan involve girls that are under sixteen. In Afghanistan, located in the southern Helmand province, as many as 144 forced marriages were reported. In particular, farmers have been forced to abandon their daughters to the creditor as pay off for his debts. After the daughter is sold, she would be forced into marriage with anyone the creditor chose. This pertained to girls that were six years old or some even younger. These types of marriages were deemed valid in Afghan society and were quite frequent as well. In the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, a man named Amir has an arduous time trying to deal with his past as he moves from Afghanistan to America. The text cites several examples of how some types of marriages were forbidden in Afghanistan. Common marriages are comprised of forced marriages, arranged marriages and love marriages in Afghan society.

Being a woman in Afghanistan is hard for so many reasons but some of the reasons are that over half the Afghan girls are married or at least engaged by the age of 12. 60% of the Afghan girls are married actually married by the age of 16 and up to 80% of the marriages in the poor/rural areas are arranged or forced marriages. The men these young girls marry are usually a lot older, some of the men even in their 60’s or older and the girls might not meet the man they were arranged or forced to marry till the actual day of the wedding. With the widespread of poverty parents arrange marriages for their young daughters for many reasons like to repay debt, solve a dispute, to get rid of them so they don’t have to support them, they even do it to reduce

In the realm of Afghan marriage, women are sometimes granted the opportunity for an arranged marriage, although consequences may still ensue. Arranged marriage is just one of the many ways women are married off in Afghanistan, as well as other countries around the world. The women, who were groomed for marriage from birth, are sought after by the suitor’s relatives. The same goes for the suitors, although the men are often the ones who instigate and ask for the woman’s hand in marriage. While it may seem obvious why the two are marrying, they may happen for different reasons. “There are two types of arranged marriages in the Afghan society: those conducted for the sincere happiness of the couple, and those that resemble business transactions conducted primarily as a means to settle deals with families,” (Bashir 1). Sometimes the woman and man find each other and are pleased with one another. This is similar to Tariq and Laila’s relationship in that they found love together and their families approved it. However, it is known that things do not work out for the two at the time. Although some of the arranged marriages end happily, there is another side to them. Sometimes poor families sell off their daughters to pay off a debt or settle a feud. While these women are technically given the option to refuse, it does not come without consequences. Journalist Hannah Spruce explores this idea in further detail when she emphasizes that, “Some children who refuse to consent may find

In a nation where segregation of two different sexes are strictly enforced, Afghan boys are seen has family’s most prized possession whereas girls are bounded by societal rules and culture that prevents them from having the most basic freedom such as running errands, playing outside the house and determining their own future.

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

The purpose of this paper is to present a gendered perspective of Khaled Hosseini’s ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ (2007) and it also proposes to enumerate the role of Taliban in the treatment of women, importance of education and the concept of marriage as a microcosm of the Afghan society as a whole, with a special reference to Ishmael Beah’s short story ABC Antidote (2009) Khaled Hosseini not only nostalgically presents an insider’s view of the Afghan society, both before and after the Taliban regime, which was prior seen through a First-World perspective but he is also very critical of the policies of the Taliban, particularly of the discriminations against women and children. He presents Taliban’s misogyny and the control of religion

Life for a girl is tough in Afghanistan, under the control of the Taliban. Marriages are always arranged. Their families make them drop out of school and marry them off at a very young age. 50% of Afghan girls are either married or engaged by the age of twelve. About 60% of girls are already married by the age of

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.

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.

Child marriages can have devastating consequences for girls.Child brides are more likely than unmarried girls to die younger,suffer from health problems, live in poverty,and being uneducated.Neither is physically or emotionally ready for gives birth, child bride faces a higher risk of death in childbirth and might suffer from many pregnancy-related injuries.Mortality rates for babies who born to mothers under 20 are higher than for children born to older mothers.The children that survived are more likely at risk to contracting HIV/AIDS, have a low birthweight, and more likely to develop disability.Child brides are often pulled out school and refuse to get them any further education.Their children are also more likely to be uneducated like their mothers. Child brides are poor and more likely to remain poor because they are isolated and denied them to get any

Based on the Muslim culture, women in Afghanistan have barely any power over their marriage and career. Their story portrays some of the major issues in low developed countries such as: inequality, poor education