CHILD

MARRIAGE AND
ABORTION
Presented by
Agakhan, Mohammad Nadjmodin
Boligol, Charity Sharee
Macaombao, Arafat
Potawan, Samsoden
Here starts the Rasol, Haya
lesson! Sumalinog, Yna Romaine
 Table of
Contents!
Overview Relevance of the issue
to Social Work
• Definition and Prevalence
• Linkage and causalities • The profession as a major
contributor of child protection
Related Theories
• Conflict Theory
• Shaming Theory
Conclusion
• Differential Association Theory Overall reflection and learning
• Functionalist Perspective insights of the group
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INTRODUCTI
ON
A quick discussion on what is child
marriage
What is child ● Child marriage is also
known as early forced
marriage? marriage.

● A widespread violation of
Child marriage is defined as any human rights.
legal or customary union
● If current trends continue,
involving a boy or girl below the
more than 140 million girls
age of 18.
will marry early in the next
decade or nearly 40,000 per
day.

UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund). 2014. Ending Child

Marriage: Progress and Prospects. New York: UNICEF.
KEY
FACTS:
• Ninety percent of adolescent births in low-income countries are
to girls who are already married or in a union. UNFPA. (2015).
Girlhood, not motherhood: Preventing adolescent pregnancy. New
York: UNFPA

• Every year, an estimated 21 million girls aged 15 to 19 years

become pregnant in low-income regions and approximately 12
million of them give birth. Darroch, J., Woog, V., Bankole, A., &
Ashford, L.S. (2016). Adding it up: Costs and benefits of meeting
the contraceptive needs of adolescents. New York:
Guttmacher Institute

• At least 777,000 births occur each year to adolescent girls

younger than 15 years in low-income countries. UNFPA.
(2015). Girlhood, not motherhood: Preventing adolescent
pregnancy. New York: UNFPA
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 15 million
An average of 40,000 children and young
women under the age of 18 are married
every day

40,000
This is around 15 million
each year.

60%
More than 60% of child brides in developing
countries have no education.
Child marriage is both a cause and
consequence of adolescent pregnancy.
Girls not brides. (n.d.). Child Marriage and Health. Retrieved from
https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/learning-resources/child-marriage-and-
health/adolescent-pregnancy-and-child-marriage/
Linkage and Girls face barriers to
health impacts accessing contraception and
safe abortion.

The criminalization of consensual

adolescent sexuality can drive When girls first marry, they
child marriage underground. often face intense social
pressure to prove their
fertility.

Girls not brides. (n.d.). Child Marriage and Health. Retrieved

from https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/learning-resources/child-
marriage-and-health/adolescent-pregnancy-and-child-
marriage/
Linkage and
health impacts
Pregnant adolescent girls
frequently turn to clandestine,
unqualified abortion providers
who put their health and lives at
risk.
Child brides are more likely to
experience early pregnancies and
go on to have more children than
girls who marry later.
When a girl marries as a child, the
health of her children suffers too.

Girls not brides. (n.d.). Child Marriage and Health. Retrieved

from https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/learning-resources/child-
marriage-and-health/adolescent-pregnancy-and-child-marriage/
 If we do not accelerate efforts to
protect girls, there will be 950
million girls and women who will
have been affected by child marriage
by 2030.

Their World. (n.d.). Child

Marriage. Retrieved from
https://theirworld.org/resource
s/child-marriage/