Stages of development: Marriage of girls and teens as an international human rights issue
Stages of development: Marriage of girls and teens as an international human rights issue
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DOI:
10.1177/0964663905049524
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发表时间:
2005-03-01
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
Bunting, A
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Bunting, A
The case of 'child marriage' has not been extensively studied in international women's rights and children's rights scholarship. This article attempts to contribute to a discussion about cultural diversity and human rights through the case of early marriage. I argue that a strategy based on a uniform marriageable age and a narrow rights-based analysis misses the complexity of both marriage and age. I maintain that the socio-economic conditions in which girls, adolescents and young women live and marry need to be examined and addressed in order to develop relevant and culturally appropriate international strategies. Further, I discuss the cultural specificity of childhood and adolescence in contrast to the international human rights perspective that considers all people under the age of IS as children.