Essays on Child Marriage

The society has a number of institutionalized practices that only add to the woes of holistic development and wellbeing of the people. Indeed, in the era of spread of education and development across the human society, many of such institutionalized practices that are in no way constructive in nature have come to get scrutinized. One such practice that has haunted many communities of the world for thousands of years is the societal norm of child marriage. It needs to be reckoned that child marriage cannot be supported or validated in any way. A close introspection about the matter in ...

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Child Brides: Impacts and causes

In the data of the United Nations, approximately 37,000 underage girls are married off every day. It is estimated that one out every three girls are married before these reach the age of 18; if current trends continue, it is believed that in the next ten years, there will be more than 140 million underage brides (International Women’s Health Coalition). Major international accords, such as the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Convention on the Rights ...

Thesis statement: Whichever way we look at it, underage marriages are not right, and they should be abolished in every country once and for all. - Body Paragraph

Underage marriage is a violation of the rights of the young girl who gets married.

- The minor does not get involved in the marriage negotiations which contravenes the spirit of marriage. - Apart from being denied education, the girl suffers domestic violence. - Body Paragraph

Underage marriage means early motherhood and a large family as a consequence.

- Large families perpetuate a circle of poverty. - Limited resources for the family. - Counter Argument Underage marriages should be respected. Abolishing them could be interpreted to mean interfering with people’s culture. ...