We Must Put and End to Child Marriage

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Introduction:

Faiz, 40, and Ghulam, 11, sit in her home prior to their wedding in rural Afghanistan in 2005.

A 40 year old man sit to be photographed with his 11 years old bride. Before sitting the girl told the photographer that she is so sad, she did not want to get marry. She was interested to go to school and her favorite subject was Dari, which is our local language. Although she did not even know the meaning of marriage, but her family forced her to marry that old man. (Burke, 2012)

It is the basic right of a human to marry or not to. Marriage has some severe conditions. First is the agreement and happiness of both sides which is the most important factor in the validity of a marriage. Second is the required age of marriage for both sides. Third, it is the responsibility of each individual to officially register his/her marriage. All of the mentioned conditions are so important, but absence of any of those leads to the violation of the right to marry or no to marry (Rawish, 2008). Unfortunately, Afghanistan is one of those countries in which child marriage has been an extended problem. Though it is a serious problem but it has not been considered that much. Thus this paper intends to look mainly on the different forms of child marriage in Afghanistan, its main causes, its impacts, and the paper will provide some important recommendations for avoiding and tackling this problem.

Background:

Political and social transitions in Afghanistan caused women to suffer numerous difficulties and challenges. One of the biggest challenges for women is violence. It is obvious that violence against women is one of the biggest issues in Afghanistan which has become an obstacle for women to develop. One of the main violations a...

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Mukhatari.W, B. &. (2004, May). medica mondiale. Retrieved January 22, 2014, from medicamondiale.org: http://www.medicamondiale.org/fileadmin/content/07_Infothek/Afghanistan/Afghanistan_Child_marriage_medica_mondiale_study_2004_e.pdf

Rawish, T. (2008). Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF). Retrieved January 22, 2014, from wclrf.org.af: http://180.222.140.37/videoplayer/Early-Marrige-with-cover.pdf?ich_u_r_i=e0d9010bd128e8ce6af683b73ca7ac27&ich_s_t_a_r_t=0&ich_e_n_d=0&ich_k_e_y=1445018916750663452429&ich_t_y_p_e=1&ich_d_i_s_k_i_d=2&ich_u_n_i_t=1

Zarif, W. (2005, September 06). CIVIL SERVICE LAW. Retrieved January 22, 2014, from asia.org.af: http://www.aisa.org.af/olaws/861%20CivilServiceLaw.pdf

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