Persuasive Essay On Child Marriage

CARE gives a helping hand to single girls vulnerable to child marriage. They want a change in the lives of girls 7, 10, or even 16 years old who endure. CARE wants to bring an end to the human violation that puts the lives of 39,000 young girls at risk every day. It is reaching countries in need of an end to child marriage leaving positive impacts in life of young girls.

Girls will come to benefit from the end of child marriages, but as well the society helping them left from poverty via education as CARE promotes Education as a key to ending child marriages. Child marriages trap girls and their families in the cycle of poverty. If a girl does not marry early and stay in school, she is likely to be healthier and wealthier which will allow for her to reinvest her income into her family. As stated by girlsnotbrides, a global partnership of more than 300 civil society organizations from over 50 countries working to address child marriage says, “For every year a girl stays in secondary school, her eventual wages will be boosted by 15 to 25 percent”. This will bring a whole other meaning to society in which there will be a way for girls to help their family raise from poverty. By addressing child marriage through education, girls develop skills, knowledge and are empowered to claim their rights. This allows them to make free and informed decisions, including if, when and whom to marry. As education can also be that key for India to stop to child marriage as Ben Arnoldy, a managing editor of Monitor Frontier Markets and recently spent several years based in New Delhi covering India, tell a story of girl in India who refused to enter child marriage at 12 years old and insisted in staying in school obtaining an education. He stat...

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...l norms and stereotypes underlying child marriage which results in the cause of child marriage. Patriarchal ancestry of child marriage is a major factor in the need of political will to guarantee the clear and steady prohibition of child marriage throughout the legal system, satisfactory punishment for Child marriage and also the effective enforcement of the law (Center for Representive Rights). As reported by Restless development, a youth-led development agency states, “Though the government has introduced welfare schemes they have often been limited and not well publicized”. This Law may have high promises according to Ali with the Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability, New Delhi , but as laws have not been working in India what makes this law an exception. As for CARE, is an organization and not a law but the impact is being seen and for the better.