Syndication10 Feb 2010 - 03:22:56 pm
Saudi Arabia 12-year-old girl and 80-year-old husband divorceSaudi Arabia, a 12-year-old girl to her 80-year-old husband beat a divorce battle. At present she has access to government legal aid, and is likely to become Saudi Arabia's first anti-child marriage paradigm.
The girl in September last year, arranged by his father was forced to marry a 80-year-old man, the girl's father, so to get 8.5 million rials (about 160 thousand yuan) in money and bride price.
Saudi Arabia, there is no minimum age for marriage for women, restrictions, human rights organizations have been calling for legislation to prohibit men marrying girls under the age of 16 wives. Currently, Saudi Arabia is the drafting of a law on the prohibition of child marriage, the draft bill would require 16 years to 18 years old the minimum age of marriage for women.
There is evidence that Saudi Arabia over the past 20 years, the divorce rate soared to 60 percent, and many marriages are Laoshao Pei or a doll marriages. Last year, in April, a judge ruled that an 8-year-old girl before puberty and more than 40 years of age are not allowed to divorce her husband.
Marriage or child marriage of young girls in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia more generally.In Niger, 77% of the 20-year-old to 24 year-old woman married before the age of 18, while in Bangladesh, 65% of the data
The girl in September last year, arranged by his father was forced to marry a 80-year-old man, the girl's father, so to get 8.5 million rials (about 160 thousand yuan) in money and bride price.
Saudi Arabia, there is no minimum age for marriage for women, restrictions, human rights organizations have been calling for legislation to prohibit men marrying girls under the age of 16 wives. Currently, Saudi Arabia is the drafting of a law on the prohibition of child marriage, the draft bill would require 16 years to 18 years old the minimum age of marriage for women.
There is evidence that Saudi Arabia over the past 20 years, the divorce rate soared to 60 percent, and many marriages are Laoshao Pei or a doll marriages. Last year, in April, a judge ruled that an 8-year-old girl before puberty and more than 40 years of age are not allowed to divorce her husband.
Marriage or child marriage of young girls in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia more generally.In Niger, 77% of the 20-year-old to 24 year-old woman married before the age of 18, while in Bangladesh, 65% of the data
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