Just a reminder | A US state bans the marriage of children under 18
Joy filled the Senate of the US state of Massachusetts after a new law was passed banning early child marriage, which had previously been allowed, through a vote in the Senate.
According to “Sputnik”, citing the organisation “Human Rights Watch”, human rights advocates and volunteers from the United Nations Children’s Fund “UNICEF” and supporters of an association concerned with children’s rights attended the session at which the law was passed.
The organisation pointed out that 1200 children were married in Massachusetts between 2000 – 2016, and that most of these marriages joined underage girls with adult men.
The organisation explained that these marriages put underage girls at risk of harm to their health and of being kept out of education, as well as problems of poverty and domestic violence.
Local law in 48 US states allows “child marriage” under certain circumstances: the law in Massachusetts allowed children under the age of 18 to marry with parental consent and judicial approval.
But the new law in the US state bans marriage under the age of 18 and accepts no exceptions.
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