Disadvantages Of Child Marriage

THE MARRIAGE OF THE VERY YOUNG

Nathan Ho
Number 56
Academic English, Fall 2015

THE MARRIAGE OF VERY YOUNG: WHAT PRECIPITATES CHILDHOOD MARRIAGE

Introduction
1 Reasons child marriages exist
1.1 Causes of child marriage
1.2 Negative consequences of child marriages
2 Health and protection of young girls
2.1 Alternatives way to help young ladies
2.2 Strategies to empower girls
Conclusion
Introduction
Child marriage often happen to developing countries, poor and rural areas. It is commonly in many part of the world. Mostly girls are married below 18 years old, there many factor that contribute to child marriage such as young pregnancy, tradition , religion, security, family, pressure of the community, economic and political reasons,

According the researcher they claim 100’s of millions of girls has married before the age of 18 this mean in the coming decades. According to UNICEF, 39% of women aged 20-24 were married or in a union, forced or consensual before they did reached 18 years old. An estimated number of girls between the age of 14 and 19 years old give birth each year. There are few chances as likely to die during pregnancy or child birth. In many cases has mixture of cause and results in the imprisonment of children in marriage without their will and consent. These are some causes of child marriage. Poverty is one of the main drivers of child marriage. Many poor families sell their children into marriage because of many reasons. Most cases the families have no high income to support the children; they have debts to pay back or to make some money and sometimes to escape from the life of poverty. Many believe that having a husband is the best way to protect her from sexual violence, and that he will also provide for her material needs. Sadly, all too often the opposite is true. Early marriage can be just the beginning of a cycle that often includes early pregnancy and child birth, dropping-out of school, and complete loss of her potential to thrive and lift herself and her family out of poverty. Most condition when poverty is acute, giving a daughter in marriage allows parents to reduce family expenses by ensuring they have

This is common to all over the globe and it has inflicted harmful, dangerous and cause extreme effect on the young girls who are forced to do things without their right. Girls who are between the ages of 14 and 20, they have many difficulties during pregnancy and childbirth. At the young age, girls haven’t fully developed. “According to UNICEF There are serious negative consequences in early marriage on several levels”. Illiteracy, this is the situation of been not able to read and write. The majority of the young wives have never gone to school. Because completing a full course of the education. They have to make the entirely dependent on their husband in every stage of everyday in life. Sometimes the girl’s parents have no money to take the girl school, she end up at home doing household and helping farming, that lead to be ignorant. Educated girls always won’t accept the wrong decision. They can judge and defeat any come to ruin their life. In developing many families have many children early this lead to the young girls to have psychological and health problems like to obstructing labor as results infection, anemia to the born child. These young teenage mothers are more likely to have lack of nutrition that may cause to the child to have low weight, anemia, and lack of nutrition. “According to the scientists report, young mothers have been found to be to developed cervical cancer at