{"id":8595,"date":"2017-10-29T20:48:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T18:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/?p=8595"},"modified":"2017-10-29T20:48:46","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T18:48:46","slug":"afghanistan-is-tougher-on-child-marriage-than-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/2017\/10\/afghanistan-is-tougher-on-child-marriage-than-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan is tougher on child marriage than Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Picture: Youtube\/Corby Persin<\/h6>\n

Indy100<\/a>\u00a0– One of the richest and most powerful countries in the world still has some disturbingly archaic laws.<\/p>\n

It is hard to grasp how legal loopholes still exist in America that allow minors to marry. But they do, and with life-long consequences for the child involved. More than 200,000 children were married in the US over the last 15 years.<\/p>\n

Three 10-year-old girls and an 11-year-old boy were among the youngest\u00a0<\/a>to wed<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n

The true figure is likely to be much higher, as 10 states provided inadequate statistics to campaigning group\u00a0Unchained At Last<\/a>.\u00a0Even Afghanistan,\u00a0a country with a widespread problems from child marriage<\/a>, has\u00a0tougher laws than the US<\/a>: girls can marry at 15 or 16 with permission from their father or a judge.
\nIn Florida, the state with the highest rate of child marriage, a pregnant girl can marry at any age with the approval of a judge.
\nThis law is holding strong, despite its correlation with girls dropping out of school, sinking into poverty and a greater risk of domestic violence.<\/p>\n

A ‘child marriage’ social experiment in Times Square sickened people:<\/em><\/p>\n