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Child marriage around the world

Child marriage – marriage before the age of 18 – is a human rights violation. Despite laws against it, the harmful practice remains widespread. Child marriage can lead to a lifetime of suffering. Girls who marry before they turn 18 are less likely to remain in school and more likely to experience domestic violence. Young teenage girls...

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Prihatin Tingginya Angka Perkawinan Usia Muda, Kemen PPPA Usulkan Revisi UU Perkawinan

TRIBUNNEWS.COM JAKARTA – Kementerian Pemberdayaan Perempuan dan Perlindungan Anak (PPPA) mengusulkan percepatan kebijakan penyusunan revisi UU No.1 Tahun 1974 tentang Perkawinan. Pasalnya, Yohana Yembise selaku Menteri PPPA mengaku prihatin melihat tingginya angka perkawinan usia anak di Indonesia. “Tingginya angka perkawinan usia anak tidak terlepas dari rendahnya tingkat pendidikan, tingginya angka kemiskinan, norma sosial budaya yang...

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Remaja Program BERDAYA Cilincing, Jakarta Utara Kampanyekan Cegah Kawin Anak Lewat Lenong

Kabar baik dan menarik datang dari remaja Kalibaru, Cilincing, Jakarta Utara. Para remaja yang bulan lalu (Juni 2018) mendapatkan Training Penguatan Kapasitas Remaja dalam Pencegahan Kawin Anak oleh Program BERDAYA Rumah KitaB baru saja mengadakan pertunjukan lenong di Gedung Kesenian Jakarta. Acara tersebut merupakan acara kerjasama dengan Dinas Pariwisata dan Kebudayaan Provinsi DKI Jakarta yang...

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11 and Married: Malaysia Spars Over Child Brides

GUA MUSANG, Malaysia — Norazila and Ayu were best friends and they shared everything that girls do: sleepovers, selfies, musings about cute boys. But their friendship, which had blossomed in their placid hamlet in northern Malaysia, was destroyed late last month when Norazila, 14, discovered that Ayu, 11, had secretly become her father’s third wife....