2015年11月25日 · In Guatemala, 30 percent of girls are married by the age of 18, according to UNICEF. This practice makes girls vulnerable to sexual exploitation, economically reliant on their husbands, and...

The untold stories of Guatemala’s child brides Nearly 1 in 5 girls across Latin America and Caribbean are married off before the age of 18. In countries like Guatemala, it’s nearly 1 in 3, and up until two years ago, girls as young as 14 there could marry.

2015年2月6日 · In Guatemala, the legal age of marriage is 14 with parental consent, but in Petén, in the northern part of the country, the law seems to be more of a suggestion. Underage brides are everywhere....

2 天之前 · Marianny Sánchez Núñez, Paula Barrios, Catalina Martínez Coral and Ana Vera are some of the visible faces of the international movement against child pregnancy. They have been involved in litigation before the UN Human Rights Committee, which has condemned Ecuador and Nicaragua for failing to protect girls

Child brides often become pregnant during adolescence, when the risk of complications during pregnancy and childbirth increases. The practice can also isolate girls from family and friends, taking a heavy toll on their mental health. Addressing child marriage requires recognition of the factors that enable it.

In 2017, El Salvador and Guatemala celebrated the elimination of all legal exceptions at the minimum age for marriage (18 years) nationwide. The National Development Plan of Colombia (2018-2022) includes an objective dedicated to eliminating child marriage and early unions.

In Guatemala, only 45% of girls were enrolled in secondary school in 2016, making them vulnerable to child marriage. Girls who participated in the Abriendo Oportunidades program were more than 30% more likely to attend secondary school, according to Girls Not Brides, an advocacy organization focused on ending child marriages.

Guatemala outlawed child marriage in August 2017, making it illegal for anyone under age 18 to wed under any circumstances. No data exists to show how many girls have married since then, but anecdotal evidence gathered by groups working with rural Indigenous communities suggests the practice persists.

2017年10月4日 · Guatemala has taken a huge step forward for girls, officially outlawing child marriage following years of advocacy by activists and girl leaders. New legislation closes a major loophole in the law, a major victory for girls in a country that has one of the highest rates of child marriage in Latin America.

2017] GUATEMALA'S BAN ON CHILD MARRIAGE 55 of the country.9 According to a former Guatemalan child bride, “economic necessity, teenage pregnancy, and cultural practices are some of the main reasons that young women get married in Guatemala.”10 When Guatemalan girls marry, they are frequently