Child Marriage In Ethiopia

I grew in Ethiopia, where a lot of people are struggling to get by everyday and also

Child marriage is practiced. I had a childhood friend that married at young age and also had baby at a young age. When we attend high school and our second or third year she got married before the age of the 17.For example, when she got pregnant she couldn’t jump rope with me and the other girls she was always tired and in pain. Marriage is what unites two people because they choose to be together and be committed to each other. All over the world people take part in child marriage.

Child marriage is girl or a boy marrying before the age of 18. I choose child marriage as my main topic because I found it interesting, that many people know the consequence

In many countries child marriage is a tradition. Children are married off just because their parents, grand-parents and people before them have done it. Some girls may marry because they want to and follow the tradition, but most are forced into a marriage they do not agree with simply because it 's a tradition. Many countries take part in child marriage. For example in Ethiopia my home country it is tradition to marry children off at young age, like my grandmother. She was married off around the age of nine even though she did not want. She did not even understand the meaning of marriage and the duty that comes with it. In the article Despite Challenges, Ending Early Marriage in Ethiopia Is Possible by Alexandra Hervish it state that people practice child marriage even though it 's banned, he said “Although the Ethiopian constitution explicitly states that marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses and the minimum legal age for marriage is 18 for both boys and girls, the laws are not always enforced. Early marriage remains a deeply rooted tradition in Ethiopian communities “this shows that even if the government made child marriage illegal, the Ethiopian people still follow the old tradition. Another country that practice child marriage is India. In the article What is it Like to be a Child Bride, by Nel Hedayat a grandfather of bride

In my research I found that many off the family would love to keep their daughters and send them off to school, but they cannot because they do not have the money to help them. In the article Child marriage perpetuates cycle of poverty for young people by Thomas Betar, he said "In some contexts young girls may want to enter a child bride relationship because their parents are unable to provide for them” this shows whether a girl want be a child bride or is forced into it the family income has big part of becoming child bride. Education is what most children want to receive to become successful. According to Vows of Poverty “many of the children are getting married under the age of 18 and some before the age of ten.”For instance, Niger is one of