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Child Marriage and its Impact on Development: The Case of Kasese District, Uganda

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Child marriage has become a common feature in most communities in Africa. This means that young girls who have not attained the minimum age for marriage of 18 years are married off; sometimes to men who are fit to be called their fathers
or their grand fathers. In other situations and in some communities, a boy and a girl who are not 18 years old get married; thus forming a young couple, that itself becomes a social burden. In some communities, child marriage of children is regarded as a norm, the basic foundation of purity, of economic survival or even a basis for continuation of relationships and enhancement of family lineage. This is further exacerbated in post conflict situations where overwhelming evidence shows that both boys and girls become sexually active early due to rape, forced sex, and need to survive in situations where the basics of life are minimal. The incidence of child marriage impacts more on the girl child when she begins to bear children early before some parts of her body are fully developed for this purpose. The reproductive health consequences are disquieting; often with a
high percentage of child mothers suffering from sexual and reproductive health complications; including inability to cater for the children and denying them the ability to exploit the available life’s choices like education .

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Kampala : Isis WICCE., 2011

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978-9970-2900 48

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