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Children's marriage in the United States is legal, unimaginable, and the consequences are extremely

Child marriage, one of the marriage customs, refers to the phenomenon of marriage between young men and women. Child marriage has been popular in many countries in the world. It's hard to accept the will imposed on children who are under age and forced into marriage. Fortunately, child marriage does not exist and is not legal in our country.

according to Article 6 of the marriage law of the people's Republic of China in 1980, the marriage age of Chinese citizens shall not be earlier than the age of 22 for men and 20 for women. Child marriage is an illegal act. In 2018, child marriage is still a global problem.

According to a volunteer from girls not brides, an anti child marriage group, 15 million girls under the age of 18 are still forced to marry as human wives every year. Every two seconds, a child marries somewhere in the world, CNN reported. According to the United Nations Population Fund, more than 700 million women around the world are still children when they marry. If the current trend is maintained, the number will rise to 1 billion by 2030.

Child marriage is very popular in Southeast Asia and Arab countries

GNB (girls are not brides) conducted a survey on the number of women aged 20-24 who married before the age of 18 in the world. The data shows that the top three regions of child marriage are India (26.61 million), Bangladesh (3.93 million) and Nigeria (3.31 million), while Brazil, Mexico, Pakistan and other countries are also on the list. The number of child marriage in the top nine is more than one million. Niger has the highest child marriage rate (76%).

The consequences of child marriage are very likely to be devastating, and they often pay a heavy price - the loss of access to education and the right to medical security. Many people become victims of domestic violence and grow up powerless. In most cases, child marriage involves abuse or pregnancy, according to the tahirih Justice Center, a legal aid group. The mortality rate of women who gave birth under the age of 18 and the infant mortality rate were very high.

According to the Pew Research Center, there are still more than 116 countries in the world that allow women under 18 to marry. But few people think that there is child marriage in America. In fact, child marriage in America is legal. Congressman said: 'when you see the law, you'll be surprised at how unprotected girls are. Ordinary people don't believe that not only Florida, but actually no state has laws and regulations on child marriage. '

'although the number of child marriages in the United States has been steadily declining. But not fast enough. "Said the advocate. In 2018, there is still a long way to go in the struggle for child marriage.