sexual exploitation and the human rights of girls
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Corporate
- The Forum on Marriage and the Rights of Women and Girls
- Publish Year
- 2001
- Shelfmark
- digitaal
- Thesaurus
- huwelijken, meisjes, huwelijksgebruiken, geweld, vrouwenhandel, mensenrechten, internationale verdragen, internationaal, onderzoek
- Description
- Report in which is shown that child marriage is an accepted cultural practice in many countries. The Forum on Marriage and the Rights of Women and Girls argues that although widely socially sanctioned, early marriage does constitute sexual exploitation of young girls who are forced into sexual relations below the legal age of consent. The Forum believes that child marriage falls through the international net of legislative measures introduced and signed up to by many countries in order to protect children.