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Child marriage practices among the Rohingya in Bangladesh

Conflict and Health, 2020
Background Previous research suggests that child marriage may be accelerated during times of crisis and insecurity as resources are scarce and child marriage may be a survival strategy for girls and their families.
Andrea J. Melnikas, Sigma Ainul, Iqbal Ehsan, Eashita Haque, Sajeda Amin   +4 more
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"I have never seen something like that": Discrepancies between lived experiences and the global health concept of child marriage in northern Tanzania.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundThe concept of 'child marriage' in global health distinguishes ostensibly harmful from healthy ages to marry at a universally-applied threshold of 18-years.
Susan B Schaffnit, Mark Urassa, Joyce Wamoyi, Maria Dardoumpa, David W Lawson   +4 more
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Ending Child Marriage in Malawi: Malawian Girl Leaders Participating [PDF]

, 2014
This case study examines how Let Girls Lead and the Girls Empowerment Network are eliminating child marriage in southern Malawi through girl-led advocacy with village ...

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The impact of eliminating primary school tuition fees on child marriage in sub-Saharan Africa:A quasi-experimental evaluation of policy changes in 8 countries [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND:Child marriage harms girls' health and hinders progress toward development goals. Randomized studies have shown that providing financial incentives for girls' education can effectively delay marriage, but larger-scale interventions are needed ...
Frank, John, Heymann, Jody, Kaufman, Jay S, Koski, Alissa, Nandi, Arijit, Strumpf, Erin C   +5 more
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Prevalence of child marriage and its impact on fertility outcomes in 34 sub-Saharan African countries

BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2019
Background The issue of child marriage is a form of human rights violation among young women mainly in resource-constrained countries. Over the past decades, child marriage has gained attention as a threat to women’s health and autonomy.
Sanni Yaya, Emmanuel Kolawole Odusina, Ghose Bishwajit   +2 more
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Understanding the impacts of child marriage on the health and well-being of adolescent girls and young women residing in urban areas in Egypt

Reproductive Health, 2022
Plain language summary Child marriage has been shown to lead to a host of negative health and social consequences. In this study, we explored the prevalence and consequences of child marriage in urban areas in Egypt, where there has been little research ...
Shatha Elnakib, May Elsallab, Maha Abdel Wanis, Shadia Elshiwy, Nishan Prasana Krishnapalan, Nada Aghar Naja   +5 more
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Family formation among adolescent Rohingya refugees; trajectories into adolescent marriage and childbearing in Cox’s Bazar Bangladesh

Conflict and Health
Background Although both marriage and childbearing are potentially influenced by humanitarian emergencies, and for many individuals are intrinsically linked life-course events, they are rarely explored together in the literature on humanitarian ...
Linnea A. Zimmerman, Shatha Elnakib, Anam Ali, Rumana Akter, Tofajjel Hossain, Tom Traill, Kate Mieth, Tahia Hasan, Tanvir Hasan, W. Courtland Robinson   +9 more
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Child marriage in Ghana: evidence from a multi-method study

BMC Women's Health, 2019
Background Child marriage remains a challenge in Ghana. Over the years, government and development partners have made various commitments and efforts to curb the phenomenon of child marriage. However, there is little empirical evidence on the predictors,
Babatunde Ahonsi, Kamil Fuseini, Dela Nai, Erika Goldson, Selina Owusu, Ismail Ndifuna, Icilda Humes, Placide L. Tapsoba   +7 more
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The Myth of “Sharia” and Child Marriage [PDF]

, 2016
In American media, the term sharia law is repetitively used as a reason behind practices and actions linked to Islam which would be considered counter to Western morals.
Luckenbaugh, Megan S.
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The changing association between marriage, work, and child poverty in the US: 1974-2010 [PDF]

, 2015
Marriage and work have long been central to debates regarding poverty and the family. Although ample research demonstrate their negative association with child poverty, both marriage and work have undergone major transformations over recent decades ...
Baker, Regina S.
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