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Ending child marriages: Not only a question of law
News | 4 May 2016
The new Marriage Act in Malawi has been hailed for raising the legally prescribed age of marriage to 18, yet the truth is that there is no absolute minimum age of marriage in Malawi and that legal inconsistencies threaten the enforcement of the law.
Malawi
Interventions for the abandonment of child marriage in Sudan
Sudan Brief | Sep 2018
Child marriage is legal, and accepted, throughout Sudan and the country has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. This brief examines ...
Child marriage, Violence against women, Algadaref, Red Sea State, Kassala, Sudan
Research priorities on ending child marriage and supporting married girls
Journal Article | Sep 2015
Over the past few years the issue of child marriage has received growing political and programmatic attention. In spite of some progress in a number of ...
child marriage, early marriage, adolescents
Drivers of child marriage in eastern Sudan
Sudan Brief | Sep 2018
There are several causes that contribute to child marriage in eastern Sudan, including poverty, lack of education for girls, avoiding stigma and the legality ...
Child marriage, Education, Algadaref, Red Sea State, Kassala, Sudan
Counter-mobilization against child marriage reform in Africa
CMI Brief | Nov 2017
Legislating a minimum age of marriage at 18 has stirred counter-mobilization in some, but not all, countries where religious or traditional institutions ...
child marriage, counter-mobilization, Sudan, Zambia
Ending child marriages – new laws bring progress but hurdles remain
CMI Insight | May 2016
Reform of family law is considered among the most difficult to achieve since it contests ‘the notion of women and children as property’. There ...
child marriage, marriage, family law, Malawi, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zambia
Counter-mobilization against child marriage reform in Africa
Journal Article | Oct 2018
Legislating a minimum age of marriage at 18 has stirred counter-mobilization in some, but not all, countries where religious or traditional institutions ...
child marriage, family law, gender reform, counter-mobilization, religion, tradition, Sudan, Zambia
Traditional, but changing, cultural norms: Rural community views on child marriage in Algadaref State, Sudan
Sudan Report | Dec 2017
This report investigates child marriage in Algadaref State, located in Sudan’s eastern region.
Child marriage is a human rights violation affecting ...
child marriage, cultural norms, rural community, Algadaref, Sudan
Why campaigns to stop child marriage can backfire
CMI Brief | Mar 2019
Why campaigns to stop child marriage can backfire Ragnhild L. Muriaas, Vibeke Wang, Lindsay J. Benst
Child marriage, Human rights, Malawi
Literature review on effects of interventions to reduce the prevalence of child marriage
CMI Report | Oct 2020
Literature review on effects of interventions to reduce the prevalence of child marriage Joar Svanem
Child marriage
Legislating Marriages: Family Law Reform & Democratization in African and Asia
Project | Jan - Dec 2014
Women’s rights and obligations within marriage are one of the key components of family law and is a highly sensitive political area of intervention ...
Girls, Child Marriage, and Education in Red Sea State, Sudan: Perspectives on Girls’ Freedom to Choose
Sudan Report | Sep 2017
Child marriage is any formal marriage or informal union where one or both parties are under 18 years of age. Child marriage affects both boys and girls, ...
child marriage, girls, marriage, education, freedom, ARUSS, Sudan, Red Sea State
Legislating Marriages: Family Law Reform and Democratization in Africa and Asia
Event | 13 Nov 2014
Women''s rights and obligations within marriage are one of the key components of family law and is a highly sensitive political area of intervention across the globe both historically and presently. Despite massive pressures from feminist movements across the world, family law has been surprisingly stubborn to change. This workshop examines the relationship between family law reform and political transitions.
Child marriage and education in Eastern Sudan
Sudan Brief | Sep 2018
A new understanding that educating girls' does not constrain their marriage potential is emerging in eastern Sudan. Girls who continue their education ...
Child marriage, Education, Algadaref, Red Sea State, Kassala, Sudan
Community Views on Child Marriage in Kassala: Prospects for Change
Sudan Report | Jan 2018
Child marriage is any formal marriage or informal union where one or both parties are under 18 years of age. Child marriage affects both boys and girls, ...
Child marriage, Kassala, Sudan
Moving with tradition: The politics of marriage amongst the Toka of Zambia
DERAP Working Paper | Jan 1990
"Tradition" has neither been static or blissful, nor are colonial powers to be blamed entirely for its "decline". The historical analyses of the marriage ...
Zambia, Marriage, Tradition, Colonial courts, Gender relations, Africa: Zambia
Religious Counter-Mobilization against Child Marriage Reform in Sudan
Journal Article | Aug 2018
Each year, 15 million girls are married before the age of 18. Sudan is among the African countries with a high prevalence of child marriage. In Sudan, ...
child marriage, religious counter-mobilization, legal reform, Sudan
Dowry and bridewealth presentations in rural Bangladesh: Commodities, gifts and hybrid forms?
DERAP Working Paper | Jan 1990
This study investigates marriage presentations of Bengali Muslims, Rajbansis and aboriginal Oraons on the basis of a comprehensive review of theories ...
Marriage presentations, Bengali Muslims, Rajbansi, Oraon, Asia: Bangladesh
Moving with tradition: The politics of marriage amongst the Toka of Zambia
CMI Report | Jan 1990
Moving with tradition: The politics of marriage amongst the Toka of Zambia Gisela Geisler CMI Repor
Moving with traditions: The politics of marriage among the Toka of Zambia
Journal Article | Jan 1992
Moving with traditions: The politics of marriage among the Toka of Zambia Gisela Geisler Canadian J