Child Marriage In Malaysia Statistics 2019

The number of marriages decreased 4 9 per cent from 200 274 2016 to 190 532 2017. Statistics have shown that over 700 million women in the current era are married before reaching the legal age of 18. Girls who marry before they turn 18 are less likely to remain in school and more likely to experience domestic violence.

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Child marriage in malaysia statistics 2019. Child marriage is rooted in gender inequality and the belief that girls and women are somehow inferior to boys and men. Unchained spent nearly a year retrieving and analyzing marriage license data from across the u s. Statistical infographic of child marriages in malaysia. The number of muslim 1 marriages recorded in 2017 was 134 008 decreased 6 1 per cent as compared to 142 712.

Thus the crude marriage rate cmr per 1 000 population declined from 6 3 2016 to 5 9 2017. Deputy women family and community development minister hannah yeoh speaks during the launch of 2018 telenisa statistic book in kuala lumpur march 8 2019. Some child marriages occur in malaysia due to teenagers becoming pregnant and the young couple marrying to avoid the baby being declared illegitimate. February 2019 india ranks fourth among the eight south asian countries in terms of child marriage prevalence percentage of women aged 20 to 24 years who were first married or in union before age 18 countries in south asia and regional and world averages.

Picture by yusof mat isa kuala lumpur march 8 the lack of statistics on child marriage and teen pregnancies complicates the government s efforts to resolve such social issues deputy minister hannah yeoh said today. Child marriage shocking statistics. November 21 2019 8 29 pm. Marriage before the age of 18 is a fundamental violation of human rights.

Malaysia acceded to the convention on the rights of the child in 1995 which sets a minimum age of marriage of 18 and acceded to the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women cedaw in 1995 which obligates states to ensure free and full consent to marriage. Nst according to the new straits times it was reported that 968 marriages involving non muslim children and adults along with 147 marriages between underage children were registered across malaysia in 2017 alone. The groundbreaking research project revealed that child marriage is a significant problem in the u s. Child marriage marriage before the age of 18 is a human rights violation.

Despite laws against it the harmful practice remains widespread. Now shocking statistics have revealed just how prevalent child marriages are among both the muslim and non muslim communities in malaysia. Many factors interact to place a child at risk of marriage including poverty the perception that marriage will provide protection family honor social norms customary or religious laws that condone the practice an inadequate legislative framework and the state of a country s civil registration system. Child marriage can lead to a lifetime of suffering.