EARLY MARRIAGES AS A VIOLATION OF GIRLS' HUMAN RIGHTS IN MOZAMBIQUE: A HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PROBLEM

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.5584302415103

• Palavras-chave: Early Marriage, Girl, Human Rights, Human Development.

• Keywords: Early Marriage, Girl, Human Rights, Human Development.

• Abstract:

  Early marriage is the union for marital purposes between two people of opposite sex, where one is a child and the other is usually an adult. In Mozambique, early marriages are an endemic socio-cultural practice, prevalent in rural areas and poor communities with high rates of achievement, affecting more female children. In addition to being a violation of human rights, this practice also represents a human development problem, as it jeopardizes the exercise of various rights of children and girls, including the right to life, health, education and personal security. Faced with this situation, the Mozambican state and various civil society organizations, acting in coordination, have been making efforts to guarantee respect for the human rights of children and girls, combating early marriages and eliminating them, with the aim of ensuring human development. In this context, this paper analyzes the causes and conditions of the process of child marriage, and looks at this phenomenon in the light of an articulate presentation of the foundations of human rights, with the aim of demonstrating, through legal instruments that protect children and girls from child marriage, that this practice systematically violates numerous human rights , with a significant impact on human development in society.