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Lead Photo: Art by Stephany Torres for Remezcla Art by Stephany Torres for Remezcla Read more On Wednesday, Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader signed a bill that bans child marriage by prohibiting marriage for individuals under the age of 18. The law also creates the Cabinet of Women, Adolescents and Girls under the Ministry of Women, designed to combat violence and encourage gender parity. Activists, who had campaigned for the ban after noting legal loopholes that allowed children to be forced into marriage, applauded the decision. According to UNICEF, the Dominican Republic has had one of Latin America’s highest rates of child marriages and early unions, often with girls living with older men. The country’s government figures show that more than a third of women aged 20 to 24 were married or in an informal union before they were 18. While victims of child marriage include both girls and boys, many advocates have noticed that girls are primarily affect ....
Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader has signed a bill on Wednesday that officially banned child marriages in the country. The Dominican Republic has the highest rates of child marriage in Latin America and the Caribbean. According to a We Are Mitu report, figures from the government showed that 36 percent of Dominican girls and adolescents marry or enter into unions before 18. Dominican Republic Officially Banned Child Marriage It was also found that 12 percent of these figures, the female partner was 15 years old or younger. It has been part of the Dominican culture wherein children younger than 18 years old could get married with a special exemption from a judge. ....
This week, the Dominican Republic announced a ban on child marriage, as UNICEF revealed the country has one of Latin America s highest rates of child marriage and early unions. Child marriage and early unions are seen as normal in society, Rosa Elcarte, UNICEF s representative in the Dominican Republic, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. It is driven by machismo that sees the role of a women to be just a mother and wife. Ending early unions will require years of work to change cultural norms. On Wednesday, Sonia Hernandez of the rights group International Justice Mission, which campaigned for the country s ban on child marriage, welcomed President Luis Abinader s decision to sign the bill into law. Our girls and adolescents will be protected . and cannot be forced into marriage in their childhood or adolescence, which in the past was often carried out by parents and legally allowed, said Hernandez, an associate director with IJM. ....