Child Marriage, Family Law, and Religion : An Introduction to the Fall 2015 Issue
Child marriage, defined as marrying before the age of 18, is a practice that affects mostly girls and often leads to violations of human rights for the girls who have to marry early. UNICEF estimates that 140 million girls will marry early in the next decade or up to 40,000 per day. Especially when...
Main Author: | Wodon, Quentin |
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | en_US |
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Taylor and Francis
2015
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23528 |
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