Child Marriage and Health Consequences in Nigeria
Keywords:
Child marriage, betrothal, custom and bride price.Abstract
Child marriage is a human rights violation that prevents girls from obtaining an education, enjoying optimal health, maturing, and ultimately choosing their own life partners. Child marriage is driven by poverty and has many effects on girl’s health such as increased risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STD), cervical cancer, death during childbirth, and obstetric fistulas. Girls' offsprings are at increased risk for premature birth and death as neonates, infants or children. To stop child marriage, policies and programmes must educate communities, raise awareness, engage local and religious leaders, involve parents and empower girls through education and employment
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Osakinle, E. O., & Tayo-Olajubutu, O. (2017). Child Marriage and Health Consequences in Nigeria. American Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences, 30(1), 351–356. Retrieved from https://asrjetsjournal.org/index.php/American_Scientific_Journal/article/view/2645
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