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Stages of Development: Marriage of Girls and Teens as an International Human Rights Issue

Annie Bunting

York University, Canada

The case of ‘child marriage’ has not been extensively studied in international women’s rights and children’s rights scholarship. This article attempts to contribute to a discussion about cultural diversity and human rights through the case of early marriage. I argue that a strategy based on a uniform marriageable age and a narrow rights-based analysis misses the complexity of both marriage and age. I maintain that the socio-economic conditions in which girls, adolescents and young women live and marry need to be examined and addressed in order to develop relevant and culturally appropriate international strategies. Further, I discuss the cultural specificity of childhood and adolescence in contrast to the international human rights perspective that considers all people under the age of 18 as children.

Key Words: adolescence • childhood • culture • international women’s rights • marriage

Social & Legal Studies, Vol. 14, No. 1, 17-38 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0964663905049524
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