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Child Marriage Laws around the World: Minimum Marriage Age, Legal Exceptions, and Gender Disparities

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Arthur, Megan, Earle, Alison, Raub, Amy, Vincent, Ilona, Atabay, Efe, Latz, Isabel, Kranz, Gabriella, Nandi, Arijit, Heymann, Jody·2018·Journal of Women, Politics & Policy
DOI 10.1080/1554477x.2017.1375786PMC PMC6382347
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The marriage of children below 18 is widely recognized in international human rights agreements as a discriminatory global practice that hinders the development and well-being of hundreds of millions of girls. Using a new global policy database, we analyze national legislation regarding minimum marriage age, exceptions permitting marriage at earlier ages, and gender disparities in laws. While our longitudinal data indicate improvements in frequencies of countries with legal provisions that prohibit marriage below the age of 18, important gaps remain in eliminating legal exceptions and gender discrimination.

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Authors
Arthur, M., Earle, A., Raub, A., Vincent, I., Atabay, E., Latz, I., Kranz, G., Nandi, A., & Heymann, J.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • McGill University (CA)
Corresponding author
Arthur, Megan
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Women, Politics & Policy
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2017-11-22
Volume
39
Issue
1
Pages
51-74
ISSN
  • 0195-7732 (ISSN-L)
  • 1554-477X
  • 1554-4788
DOI
10.1080/1554477x.2017.1375786
PMC
PMC6382347
OpenAlex
W2768876705
Cited by
135
References
52
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 3
FWCI
15.41
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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Locations
  • Journal of Women Politics & Policy (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1107826)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Marriage and Family Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Law › Family and Matrimonial Law
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies
Keywords
early marriage, minimum marriage age, girls' rights, international human rights law

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