Forced child marriages as a form of child trafficking |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London, TW20 0EX, UK;2. Children''s HIV Association, The Wool Hall. 12 St. Thomas Street, Bristol BS1 6JJ, UK;1. Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, 1994 Buford Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, United States;2. Human Capital Research Collaborative, University of Minnesota, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States;3. Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, 51 E River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States;4. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States;5. Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development, University of Minnesota, 206 Burton Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States;1. Department of Didactics and School Organization, Faculty of Education, Philosophy and Anthropology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Tolosa Avenue 70, 20018 San Sebastian, (Spain);2. Departament of History and Theory of Education, Faculty of Education, Philosophy and Anthropology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Tolosa Avenue 70, 20018 San Sebastian, (Spain);3. Department of Evolutionary Psychology and Education, Faculty of Psychology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Tolosa Avenue 70, 20018 San Sebastian, (Spain);1. Arts in Social Work Masters Specialization, Charlotte B. and Jack J. Spitzer Dept. of Social Work, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.B. 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel;2. Charlotte B. and Jack J. Spitzer Dept. of Social Work, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.B. 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel |
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| Abstract: | Child trafficking and child marriages have been condemned globally as practices which are harmful to girls' health and which violate their rights. The significance of child trafficking and child marriages for a range of development outcomes explains why both are prohibited by law and given recognition as major policy issues in many countries. Despite international conventions and corresponding regional conventions and national legislations and the efforts of numerous non-governmental, faith-based and international organisations, many girls (especially in developing countries) are still trafficked and/or subjected to forced and early marriages and the measurement of this practice remains relatively unsophisticated. This paper demonstrates that some child marriages have slave-like characteristics similar to those of child trafficking and can thus be argued to be a form of child trafficking. This is because children in forced marriages coerced into these unions and are made to engage in acts similar to victims of sex and labour trafficking. |
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