Economic Impacts of Child Marriage : A Review of the Literature

Child marriage is a widespread violation of human rights. It is an impediment to social and economic development, and it is rooted in gender inequality. The low value placed on girls and women perpetuates the act and acceptability of child marriage in societies where the practice is common. Child ma...

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Main Authors:	Parsons, Jennifer, Edmeades, Jeffrey, Kes, Aslihan, Petroni, Suzanne, Sexton, Maggie, Wodon, Quentin
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2015
Subjects:	underage marriage child marriage education social norms bride price labor force participation wellbeing
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23530

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spelling	okr-10986-235302021-04-23T14:04:15Z Economic Impacts of Child Marriage : A Review of the Literature Parsons, Jennifer Edmeades, Jeffrey Kes, Aslihan Petroni, Suzanne Sexton, Maggie Wodon, Quentin underage marriage child marriage education social norms bride price labor force participation wellbeing Child marriage is a widespread violation of human rights. It is an impediment to social and economic development, and it is rooted in gender inequality. The low value placed on girls and women perpetuates the act and acceptability of child marriage in societies where the practice is common. Child marriage is defined as any legal or customary union involving a boy or girl below the age of 18. This definition draws from various conventions, treaties and international agreements, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and recent resolutions of the UN Human Rights Council. While boys sometimes marry young, this paper addresses the practice primarily as it affects girls who make up the large majority of children who are married under 18. If current trends continue, more than 140 million girls will marry early in the next decade or up to 40,000 per day. 2015-12-28T20:53:18Z 2015-12-28T20:53:18Z 2015-10-23 Journal Article The Review of Faith & International Affairs 1557-0274 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23530 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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spellingShingle	underage marriage child marriage education social norms bride price labor force participation wellbeing Parsons, Jennifer Edmeades, Jeffrey Kes, Aslihan Petroni, Suzanne Sexton, Maggie Wodon, Quentin Economic Impacts of Child Marriage : A Review of the Literature
description	Child marriage is a widespread violation of human rights. It is an impediment to social and economic development, and it is rooted in gender inequality. The low value placed on girls and women perpetuates the act and acceptability of child marriage in societies where the practice is common. Child marriage is defined as any legal or customary union involving a boy or girl below the age of 18. This definition draws from various conventions, treaties and international agreements, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and recent resolutions of the UN Human Rights Council. While boys sometimes marry young, this paper addresses the practice primarily as it affects girls who make up the large majority of children who are married under 18. If current trends continue, more than 140 million girls will marry early in the next decade or up to 40,000 per day.
format	Journal Article
author	Parsons, Jennifer Edmeades, Jeffrey Kes, Aslihan Petroni, Suzanne Sexton, Maggie Wodon, Quentin
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title	Economic Impacts of Child Marriage : A Review of the Literature
title_short	Economic Impacts of Child Marriage : A Review of the Literature
title_full	Economic Impacts of Child Marriage : A Review of the Literature
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Economic Impacts of Child Marriage : A Review of the Literature

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