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Child Marriage Laws around the World: Minimum Marriage Age, Legal Exceptions, and Gender Disparities
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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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Metadata
- 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
- 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
- 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
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- 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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