Background The persistently high prevalence of girl-child marriage remains a public health
and developmental concern in Nigeria. Despite global campaign against the practice and …

Methods A qualitative study was conducted based on the conventional content analysis
approach on 14 teenage married women (aged13–19 years) who attended all urban-rural …

Background Child marriage among women has become a major threat to the rights of
women, especially in low-and middle-income countries. The marriage of girls below age 18 …

The international community sees child marriage as a traditional practice affecting children's
rights, self-development, and future. Academic literature worldwide records that child …

Nigeria is among the top 20 countries in Africa with the highest number of child-brides,
mainly because child marriage is deeply entrenched in the country's custom and religion …

Perkahwinan bawah umur melibatkan kanak-kanak yang berumur 18 tahun ke bawah. Isu
ini merupakan isu global yang serius, termasuklah di Malaysia. Perkahwinan di bawah umur …

While the understanding of child marriage in Ghana has improved in recent decades,
scholarship on this important topic remains scant, especially research examining the …

The polemic on the issue of child marriage has not only been debated among human rights
groups in recent decades but has also been included in the discourse of contemporary …

In a patriarchal and natural fertility society like Nigeria, girl-child marriage is synonymous
with early sexual debut and a prolonged childbearing period, ultimately affecting fertility …

Purpose Over the years, efforts to ensure equal participation of girls in school in Nigeria
have been met with some setbacks, amidst significant progress in mobilising communities …