Different Consequences of Early Marriages

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Different Consequences of Early Marriages
Child marriage can be explained as marriage which takes place before a girl or a boy
reaches the age of 18 years. In some communities, young girls as young as 7 and 8 years are
forced by their families to marry old men. The reason for early marriages is diverse, some
parents believe through early marriages they are protecting their daughters and also in some
times increasing their economic opportunities (Ali). However this early marriages increases the
health problems to the girls and human right violence. Also, early marriages denies the involved
girls to access to social network, perpetuates a cycle of poverty, support system and gender
inequality. Different religion allows marriage between woman and men. However, some
countries such as the United State of American allow the marriages between two people of the
same sex while others such Uganda in Africa the marriage between same sexes is a constitutional
crime. Also in different religious the right age for marriage is 18 years and above (DeLong-Bas).
For instance, Christianity considers one as mature enough for marriage at the age of 18 years.
However, Islam religious allows early marriage for its followers. Generally, early marriage has
some positive and negative consequences to the involved individuals.
The proven fact about early marriage

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I. The research from UN reveals that 37000 at the age of fewer than 18 years are married
each day. Those are teenagers who are forced or volunteered to be married even at the
age of under than 18 years. Currently, we have the highest number of underage marriage
than it was before (Arland Thornton).
II. In the developing countries such as Kenya in Africa 1 in every 3 girls are married at the
age below 18 years old. The same statistics shows that 1 in every 9 girls forced for
married at the age below 15 years old.
III. The same estimates that, if the trends continue in the next decade more than 140 million
girls across the world will be married before the age of 18 years.
IV. In the whole world, almost four hundred million women who are now aged 20-49 on their
time were married at the age of eighteen years or below. The same were either forced into
marriage or the volunteered though at tender age. The fact they were young, it shows that
they were not on their right mind and they could not have made such decision.
V. Marrying at an early age increases the chances of a girl to exposure to many health risks.
Some of the abuse includes violence and abuse, female genital mutilation, child
malnutrition and ill mental health.
Form the Islam point of view some of the positive and negative factors from early
marriages include
Negative consequence of early marriages
Early marriages have some negative effects to the involved person, either sex male or
female. Some of the factors are
Lack of ability to write and read

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Early marriages in Islam results to inability to read and write to the affected individuals,
this is because instead of going to schools where they are taught how to read and write young
kids are forced to early marriages. Early marriages deny young people to attend formal education
which is required for once growths. Take for instance, a kid aged 12 years who is forced to get
marriage while at class 6 instead of continuing with her or his education. After marriage, that kid
can’t be compared with his age mate who continues with education up to college schools and
later graduates. The educated one will be able to write and read anything and anytime he is
required to do so. Ability to read and write in the society is as crucial as it enables one to
interpolate the life without many problems in the long run. A person who hasn’t acquired formal
education also finds it to interact with other peoples in the society (Juel).
Increased chances of HIV and AIDS and other STDs
Early marriages leads to inability to get formal education which teaches the causes, the
effect and the challenges associated with HIV and AIDs among other sexual transmitted
diseases. Uneducated individuals have higher chances of practicing unsafe sex which increases
the chances of contracting HIV and AIDs. This does not mean the educated people do not get the
disease, but the chances of uneducated individual contracting the disease are higher than the
educated person. The reason why educated ones has lower chances is because, they are taught
the effect of the disease, the causes and how to abstain or using protections which makes one not
to be affected with the disease. Another factor which increases the chances of contracting the
disease is immorality. According to the research which was conducted by world health
organization, young people have higher chances of contracting the disease compared to old
people. This is because old people take the laid down precaution compared to youths who does
not (Stillwaggon).