44.5 % of women who are 20 to 24 got married before 18 years old, 22.6% of women married before 16 years and 2.6 % were married before they reached 13 years old in India (Roy). Should government allow this situation to continue in the country? To prevent these children from the traditional beliefs of their parents, law against infant marriage should be enacted. When girls married at the early age, there are lots of consequences over child marriage. Law should really be conducted and used to prevent child marriage in the countries because most of young girls lose the opportunity to be in the school in order to learn and become educated people, early marriage will affect the health and growth of children and finally some child mothers had difficulties with financial problems.
Young girls are supposed to stay and study in school for knowledge and their future vocation. If children are forced to marry at early age, they are not allowed and do not have enough time to stay in school. Catherine Holley, a research officer for the Health and Education Advice and Resource Team in IDS knowledge Services, stated that, “Education for girls can increase their age at marriage, confidence and their perception of their ability to make decisions about marriage and childbearing.” Education for young girls is really important that countries that had given less chance for girls should change the system. When girls can go and learn at school, they will be able to decide on their own what really is important for them. Even though they are getting married, they can probably think of the effect and result of the marriage with will extend their marriage lives. Without having any knowledge or attending school, these girls are not likely to become a good mot...
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...ieves of Indian people have over infant marriage. Even though the author gave the evidences, provide exact number of the marriage and a clear idea on the impact of child marriage, this source is not really reliable. It is because the article was established in 1888, it happened a long time ago. Although this source was well discussed, it is not useful such as other articles in my essay.
"Restraining Child Marriage." Economic and Political Weekly 44.15 (2009): 7.Print.
It is written down about child marriage including the percentage of how many young girls had married at early age and when of the government changed law to prevent early marriage. But even though the law was created, the practice in real life is so low in some rural areas where many people have less education. This source is useful for me when I need to provide the history background of my topic.
Arranged Marriages have been around since time can remember. An arranged marriage is a marital union between a man and a woman who were selected to be wedded together by a third party. Historically, arrange marriages were the main way to marry. In certain parts of the world, it is still the primary approach. There are two types of arrange marriages. The first is a traditional marriage where the children can, with strong objections, refuse to marry their soon to be spouse. In a forced marriage, the children have no say in the matter. Bread Givers shows an excellent representation of the pressures on children from their parents to be married against their will.
In India, most marriages are arranged by the parents of the individual and relatives. Decision-making is based on the parents’ qualifications and what they are wanting out of the future spouse for their son or daughter. Though an arranged marriage is based solely on the parents’ qualifications, it is becoming more prevalent for the son or daughter to ask their parents to look for certain qualifications that they, personally, would prefer. In some situations, the child will ask the parent if they can arrange a marriage with an individual whom they love or have fallen in love with. Most parents have no problem in involving their children in the decision-making when asked to do so. Though children are having more say-so in their arranged marriage, final decisions and most qualifications are based solely on the parents of the individual.
An example of women’s inequality in other countries is arranged marriage. According to a 2013 study 39,000 girls forced into marriage
The deleterious consequences such as poor health, abuse, and low literacy are the devastating effects of child marriage which are demonstrated throughout the novel. The parlous implications when examining a young wife’s health include early death, extremely high risks of fistulas, and the risk of being infected with sexually transmitted disease. Commonly, girls are “admitted to hospitals shortly after marriage in a state of sh...
A complete reversal in the natural mortality rate of men and women further proves how extreme the practice of gendercide has gotten in the country (Ferguson). India has disrupted its natural female to male balance so horrifically that child brides are being imported to the country to marry strangers who couldn’t find a wife in their villages due to the lack of women and overabundance of men (Anonymous). Knowing their daughters will be sent away to live with their husband’s family at a very young age makes it uncommon for the families of female children to develop strong relationships with their female children (Epstein).
For a long time, girls have been denied the right to obtain an education as well as being forced to drop out of school. In many countries, they are forced into slavery (e.g. bonded labor, and human trafficking), and marriage. According to UNFPA, 14 million girls under 18 will be married this year; 38 thousand today; 13 girls in the last 30 seconds. By marrying too young, these girls increase their chances of becoming pregnant when their bodies are not fully developed. As stated by the World Health Organization, the #1 cause of death for girls 15-19 is childbirth. For the majority, these girls want to go to school but they are forced to do the opposite. This growing concern about girls’ education has caused many people to speak out on the issue.
One of the main arguments for arranged marriages is that parents, being older and more experienced, are better able to find a suitable match for their children. This belief relies on the trust the offspring has that their parents understand what would be best choice or most suitable for their children. This trust is often discouraged by the individualist ideal and rebel teen mentality sponsored by American mass-media. However, in India trust between parent and child are common. When Nanda tried helping arrange a marriage, we see that parents in India weigh many considerations when choosing partners for their children including the statuses of the individuals (including their caste and career path), the social dynamics between the members of both households, and what resources the other family and potential partner have. At least in the case given in the reading, this process can be though and produce a good marriage with stable family ties. Another argument made for arranged marriage is that since the parents are handling the marriage, the children are free to enjoy life and not worry about the details. To a lesser degree in our country, people delegate part of the relationship forming process to others by allowing friends, family, and dating sites or shows to play matchmaker. Though in general, in America the person who would be in the relationship is more involved, and has to worry about handling some of the details. In India, culture is more dependent on family structure so marriage is just as much about forming ties between families as the couple itself, which is part of the reason why the family is so involved in these
I grew up in a traditional society where gender discrimination become common practice in day to day life. By growing up in these situations I blindly followed gender discrimination without knowing the facts. Still, gender discrimination of girls continues in some parts of India like Orissa and Bihar. India is a rapidly developing country, but still dowry system and child marriages continues. The main reason for child marriages are parents feel girls as a burden to their families. If they encourage girls’ education they have to give more dowry for their marriages
Sagade, Jaya. Child Marriage in India: Socio - Legal and Human Rights Dimensions. Oxford University
Young marriage has an impressive number of disadvantages and bad repercussions that can be observed in most of the early wedded couples’ lives. While most boys have a say in when and who they marry, and what they do once they are married, many girls do not get the chance to make these decisions. Husbands of young wives are often older men who expect their wives to follow traditions, stay home, and undertake household and child-care duties; or non mature irresponsible young men who consider themselves able to pull such a burden. Early marriage involves huge responsibility from male, especially financial support. Combining job and education is not an easy case to deal with. So, early marriage has a high possibility of putting an end o...
“Each year, 15 million girls are married before the age of 18.” (girlsnotbrides.org)Each day there is 28girls every minute being married off while still being children. These are children and should be treated as so, and be protected. At a young age children, should stay children instead of having to worry about what life will bring in child marriage. Child marriage should be banned it, destroys the bright future of a child forever.
Child marriage is a treacherous and threatening practice that can deprive young, promising, girls of future opportunities and could potentially be detrimental to their health. A child bride is defined as a girl under the age of 18 who is forced to be wed. Child marriage is a global problem that cuts across countries, cultures, religions and ethnicities. Child brides can be found in every region in the world, from the Middle East to Latin America, from South Asia to Europe. This policy should be enforced to be put to an end because it is a violation to girls’ rights as human beings. Girls who marry young have been proven to be involved in an abusive relationship with their husbands. Only a small number of countries have specifically criminalized the policy and in result the early marriages continue. Child marriages around the world should be abolished because the young women are susceptible to child mortality as well as sexual and domestic violence from their husbands because of their lack of influence they have in the marriage.
Teenage pregnancy is an important and a widespread problem in India revolving to public health studies. Although, in India minimum age of marriage for a female is 18 and male is 22, the law is not been strictly followed by the society. It is now leading to serious social and medical troubles such as maternal and child health problems. Data of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-3 discovered that 16% of women, aged 15-19 years, have already started childbearing. Most of the teenage mother in India has a joint family background. They are not allowed to take any decisions according to their desires. Their life is been shaped by family me...
Many of the marriages in India are arranged. While the tradition is becoming less and less popular, parents will often search to find the right partner for their children. It is not just two people getting married,
...n has granted women a legal status in the marriage. An Indian woman, apart from the matrimonial law according to the religious faith and belief, also now is protected under the general statutory law. Accordingly, she is now empowered enough not only to exercise her rights to divorce her husband but also she is in a position to get re-married if and when she so desires after her divorce or after her husband’s death. Further, judgments of the higher courts of India have also tried to ensure due rights to women are given, for instance, the right to maintenance of an adult unmarried daughter under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956, without any specific provision of the same under them. All unmarried daughters now have a right to be maintained, even after they attain majority and are unable to maintain themselves .