The rate of child marriage varies widely by state. While child marriage was prevalent in Yemen even before the conflict, the situation is far worse now. Yemen 5 years on: Children, Conflict and COVID-19 A report on the impact of ongoing conflict and now COVID-19 on children in Yemen in 2020 See the full report. In both countries, the publicized cases brought child and human rights advocates and lawyers together to campaign against child marriage. We are looking at the issue of fistula, one of many health issues, including uterine prolapse and ruptured uterus, that girls suffer because of child marriage. Statement. UNICEF airlifts COVID-19 testing kits to Yemen to boost response as cases soar Read now. 32% of girls in Yemen are married before their 18th birthday and 9% are married before the age of 15. In a survey of marriage licenses compiled by Unchained At Last, at least 167,000 children under 18 … What is child marriage; The marriage didn’t work out and much like 70 percent of child marriages—ended in divorce. Despite its devastating consequences – and notwithstanding the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which obliges countries to protect all residents under age 18 – child marriage is often legal.Moreover, the issue is rarely a part of national development debates, and is largely ignored by government authorities, who are unwilling to challenge a long-held tradition. Halima is determined not to be one of them. The thousands of young girls in America pushed into early marriages suffer the same negative consequences as those in developing countries.

“One of the first casualties when families are displaced and lose their incomes is girls,” said UNICEF’s spokesman in Yemen, Rajat Madhok. To Make Matters Worse, Child Marriage Rates Are Soaring. Many factors interact to place a child at risk of marriage, including poverty, the perception that marriage will provide ‘protection’, family honor, social norms, customary or religious laws that condone the practice, an inadequate legislative framework and the state of a country’s civil registration system. Despite laws against it, the practice remains widespread: Globally, one in every five girls is married, or in union, before reaching age 18. In a 2013 survey, nearly 32 per cent of women, aged 20 to 24, said they were married before reaching 18, and more than 9 per cent were married younger than 15. Child marriage is a human rights violation. Girls who marry before they turn 18 are less likely to remain in school and more likely to experience domestic violence. It is most common in West Virginia and Texas, where about seven of every 1,000 15- to 17-year-olds were married in 2014.