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The impact of child marriage on the sub-Saharan African economy
Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/64631 The impact of child marriage on the sub-Saharan African economy Hansungule, Michelo enannor@hotmail.com Annor, Euphemia Nyantakyiwaah UCTD Law theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2017. Child marriage is a cultural and religious practice amongst people of different ethnicities and religious factions. The practice is particularly prevalent in the poorer parts of Africa and Asia. What is the link between poverty and child marriage and why is the practice more prevalent in poorer regions? For many years, researchers and activists have focused on the human rights aspects of child marriage and have offered the view that poverty fuels child marriage. This paper looks at the relationship between poverty and child marriage from a different angle: that child marriage feminises poverty and decreases the economic participation of women in sub-Saharan Africa, leading to economic stagnation in the region. This paper focuses on the seven countries within sub-Saharan Africa with the highest incidents of child marriage and explores the education levels, economic participation and social capital of women in these countries, in order to establish whether or not child marriage influences poverty. The research offered in this paper clearly shows that child marriage is one of the many causes of poverty. I conclude this paper by recommending that law makers and activists consider the economic impact of child marriage in the agenda to eradicate poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. Centre for Human Rights LLM Unrestricted 2018-04-19T07:22:16Z 2018-04-19T07:22:16Z 08-12-17 2017 Mini Dissertation Annor, EN 2017, The impact of child marriage on the sub-Saharan African economy, LLM Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64631> D2017 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64631 en © 2018 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Law theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions The impact of child marriage on the sub-Saharan African economy |
| title | The impact of child marriage on the sub-Saharan African economy |
| title_full | The impact of child marriage on the sub-Saharan African economy |
| title_fullStr | The impact of child marriage on the sub-Saharan African economy |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of child marriage on the sub-Saharan African economy |
| title_short | The impact of child marriage on the sub-Saharan African economy |
| title_sort | impact of child marriage on the sub saharan african economy |
| topic | UCTD Law theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64631 |