New Delhi, Nov 13 : UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore has said that there is deep concern over reports that child marriages in Afghanistan are on the rise.New Delhi, Nov 13, : .UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore stated that there are growing concerns about reports of child marriages in Afghanistan. “We have received credible reports of families offering daughters as young as 20 days old for future marriage in return for dowry,” Fore said.Fore stated, “We have received credible reporting of families offering daughters as young 20-days old for future marriage in exchange for dowry.”
Even before the latest political instability in Afghanistan, UNICEF’s partners registered 183 child marriages and 10 cases of selling of children over 2018 and 2019 in Herat and Baghdis provinces alone.UNICEF’s partners recorded 183 cases of child marriages in 2018 and 2019, in Herat, Baghdis and other provinces.The children were between 6 months and 17 years of age.These children ranged in age from 6 months to 17 years.UNICEF estimates that 28 per cent of Afghan women aged 15-49 years were married before the age of 18.UNICEF estimates that 28% of Afghan women between the ages of 18 and 49 were married by the time they reached 18.
The Covid-19 pandemic, the ongoing food crisis and the onset of winter have further exacerbated the situation for Afghan families.Families in Afghanistan have been further affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, ongoing food shortages and the onset winter.In 2020, almost half of Afghanistan’s population was so poor that they lacked necessities such as basic nutrition or clean water.
Nearly half of Afghanistan’s citizens were so poor in 2020 that they didn’t have basic nutrition or clean drinking water.
“The extremely dire economic situation in Afghanistan is pushing more families deeper into poverty and forcing them to make desperate choices, such as putting children to work and marrying girls off at a young age,” UNICEF said in a statement.
UNICEF stated in a statement that the “extremely dire economic situation” in Afghanistan was pushing families further into poverty and forcing them make desperate choices such as marrying young girls and putting their children to work.
“As most teenage girls are still not allowed to go back to school, the risk of child marriage is now even higher.”The risk of child marriage is higher now that most teenage girls cannot go back to school.” Education is often the best protection against negative coping mechanisms such as child marriage and child labour,” the statement added.According to the statement, education is often the best protection from negative coping mechanisms like child marriage and child labor.”
UNICEF is working with its partners to raise community awareness on the risks for girls if they are married early.UNICEF and its partners are working together to increase community awareness about the dangers for girls who marry young.Child marriage can lead to a lifetime of suffering.
A lifetime of suffering can result from child marriage.Girls who marry before they turn 18 are less likely to remain in school and more likely to experience domestic violence, discrimination, abuse and poor mental health.
The chances of a girl marrying before she turns 18 are lower and they are more likely to be subject to domestic violence, discrimination, abuse, and poor mental health.They are also more vulnerable to complications in pregnancy and childbirth.
They are also more at risk for complications during pregnancy and childbirth.
“We have started a cash assistance programme to help offset the risk of hunger, child labour and child marriage among the most vulnerable families.”We have established a cash assistance program to offset the risk of child marriage, child labour, hunger among the most vulnerable families.We plan to scale up this and other social services programmes in the months to come,” the statement said.
The statement stated that we plan to expand this and other social service programmes in the coming months.
“UNICEF will also work with religious leaders to ensure that they are not involved in ‘Nekah’ (marriage contract) of young girls,” UNICEF said.
UNICEF stated that UNICEF would also work with religious leaders in order to prevent them from being involved in the ‘Nekah (marriage contract for young girls)”.
“We call on central, provincial and local authorities to take concrete measures to support and safeguard the most vulnerable families and girls.”We appeal to the central, provincial, and local authorities to take concrete steps to support and protect the most vulnerable families.We urge the de facto authorities to prioritise the reopening of schools for all secondary school girls and allow all-female teachers to resume their jobs without any further delays.
We ask the de facto authorities not to delay the reopening schools for secondary school girls.The future of an entire generation is at stake,” the statement said.”The future of an entire generation is at risk,” said the statement #UNICEF #Afghan #daughters #marriages #exchange #dowry #Delhi
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