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An evaluation of the association between participant sex and perceptions of child marriage among Syrian refugees in Lebanon [PDF]

Journal of Public Health Research
Since the onset of war in Syria, the occurrence of child marriage has risen from 13% in pre-war Syria, to approximately 35% among Syrian refugee girls. Economic instability, societal norms, and safety concerns all contribute to this practice.
Claire Healey, Melanie Walker, Saja Michael, Susan A. Bartels   +3 more
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Changes in the prevalence of child marriage in Ethiopia, 2005–2016 [PDF]

Reproductive Health, 2022
Plain Language Summary Child marriage has powerful implications for young women’s reproductive health, education, and welfare. Using data from Ethiopia Demographic and Health Surveys for 2005, 2011, and 2016, this paper analyzes subnational trends in ...
Annabel Erulkar
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Drivers and consequences of child marriage in a context of protracted displacement: a qualitative study among Syrian refugees in Egypt [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Child marriage is a human rights violation disproportionately impacting girls in low- and middle-income countries. In the Middle East region, conflict and displacement have prompted concerns that families are increasingly resorting to child ...
Shatha Elnakib, Salma Abou Hussein, Sali Hafez, May Elsallab, Kara Hunersen, Janna Metzler, W. Courtland Robinson   +6 more
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Socio-ecological factors of girl child marriage: a meta-synthesis of qualitative research [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background Child marriage of girls is one example of human rights violations, and is increasingly recognized as a key obstacle to global public health.
Asma Pourtaheri, Mehrsadat Mahdizadeh, Hadi Tehrani, Jamshid Jamali, Nooshin Peyman   +4 more
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Prevalence of and factors associated with female child marriage in Indonesia. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Statistics from the 2018 National Social and Economic Survey revealed that one out of nine young females in Indonesia have been in female child marriage, and the prevalence remains high.
Heri Kuswanto, Pratnya Paramitha Oktaviana, Ferry Efendi, Nelwati Nelwati, Hema Malini   +4 more
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Associations between child marriage and food insecurity in Zimbabwe: a participatory mixed methods study [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background Child marriage is a global crisis underpinned by gender inequality and discrimination against girls. A small evidence base suggests that food insecurity crises can be both a driver and a consequence of child marriage.
Katherine Gambir, Abel Blessing Matsika, Anna Panagiotou, Eleanor Snowden, Clare Lofthouse, Janna Metzler   +5 more
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The Lived Experiences of Survivors of Child Marriage: The Case of Epworth, A Harare Municipality in Zimbabwe [PDF]

E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 2023
Child marriage is socio-economic distress for young women and girls globally, most importantly in developing nations. Child marriage is a violation of human rights as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (article 16).
Ropafadzo Dambudzo Muchawaya, Pius Tanga, Gabriel Acha Ekobi   +2 more
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Incidence of child marriage among refugees and internally displaced persons in the Middle East and South Asia: evidence from six cross-sectional surveys

BMJ Open, 2023
Objective To examine incidence of child marriage among displaced and host populations in humanitarian settings.Design Cross-sectional surveys.Setting Data were collected in Djibouti, Yemen, Lebanon and Iraq in the Middle East and in Bangladesh and Nepal ...
Ligia Paina, Gayane Yenokyan, Bothaina Attal, Anand Tamang, Courtland Robinson, Shatha Elnakib, Rumana Akter, Ghada Khoury, Loqman Karim, Hemeda Houssein Barkat, Janna Metzler   +10 more
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Drivers of child marriage in specific settings of Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia – findings from the Yes I Do! baseline study

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Child marriage persists in many countries and has severe impacts on health, education, economic and social status of girls. Child marriage has many interlinked causes.
Maryse C. Kok, Tasneem Kakal, Abeje Berhanu Kassegne, Irwan M. Hidayana, Alister Munthali, J. Anitha Menon, Paulo Pires, Tabither Gitau, Anke van der Kwaak   +8 more
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Between Culture and The Sacredness of Fiqh: The Role of Lebe in Child Marriage Practices in Brebes, Indonesia

Journal of Islamic Law, 2022
This article analyses the role of lebe (penghulu or local marriage officiant) in the practice of child marriage in Brebes, Indonesia. Ranked second after Indramayu, Brebes is a district that still has a Sundanese cultural heritage with its deep-rooted ...
Arifah Millati Agustina
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