Karachi : Child marriage is one of the most widespread human rights violations that exist in the country. Girls from poor households are more likely to be married as children. Prevailing gender inequality, practiced through the custom of dowry, poverty and the supposed social security that child marriages bring are important reasons as to why child marriages are still so widely practiced.
This said by Syed Kamla Shah, CEO Rahnuma FPAP, Director Advocacy and Donor Liasion Nabila Malick, Amna Qureshy and other during a media workshop on Child Marriage at local hotel here on Wednesday.
They said conviction under law does not serve to nullify the marriage. Child marriage is widely practiced across the country and is reinforced by customs that commodity young girls.
The physical, social and emotional consequences of child marriages are multiple and severe, which range from lack of access to education, leading to limited literacy and employment opportunities, exposure to unprotected sexual relations, pregnancy and child birth before being physically or psychologically ready, and high rates of female poverty.
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