The consequences of child marriage in Indonesia
In this talk, Professor Lisa Cameron and Dr Diana Contreras Suarez present research on the effects of child marriage in Indonesia. They found significant and lasting harm to both women and men, with consequences that pass from one generation to the next.
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The legal age of marriage in Indonesia is 19. Yet close to 25 million women and 7 million men married well before that age.
Child marriage is prohibited by international law. UNICEF reports that, unless progress to end the practice speeds up, 150 million girls will be married in childhood by 2030.
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