Study of child marriage in Afghanistan / S. Bahgam, W. Mukhatari.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: [Kabul : Medical Mondiale Afghanistan], 2004.Description: 20 p. ; 30 cmSubject(s): DDC classification: - Pamphlet HQ 784 .C55 .B34 /2004
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Cover title.
“May 2004”.
“Medical Mondiale”—cover page.
Contents: Executive summary—1. Introduction—2. Methodology—3. Results and discussion—4. Child marriage and law—5. Further discussion of the effects of child marriage in Afghanistan—6. Summary of findings—7. Recommendations—About the authors—Table.
Summary: “Child marriage has long been practiced in Afghanistan and justified by certain interpretations of Islamic texts and tradition. there is very little data on the problem, but work undertaken by medica mondiale e.V. (mm) suggest that child marriage appears more common that even our data currently shows. A random sample of educated people in Herat for example showed 28.5 per cent of respondents married before the age of 16 years. In order for accurate information to be available in the future there is a need for registering of all marriages, and for exact record keeping by institutions such as hospitals and schools…”—(p. 2).
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