Child Marriage as a ‘Solution’ to Modern Youth in Bali

Hoko Horii
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Hoko Horii: Van Vollenhoven Institute, Leiden Law School, Leiden University, and Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV), Leiden, the Netherlands

Progress in Development Studies, 2020, vol. 20, issue 4, 282-295

Abstract: The current international approach to child marriage is the complete prohibition of marriage under the age of 18. Child marriage is considered a problem internationally, and those who practice it tend to be viewed as ‘traditional’, that is, insufficiently modern. This article aims to challenge this viewpoint, by discussing data that show that these young people use under-age marriage as a solution to navigate the modern world in which they live. As child marriage is rather a symptom of unplanned pregnancy outside of wedlock, the policies and programs should be redirected to address this root cause.

Keywords: Child marriage; adolescents’ sexuality; Bali; agency; normative systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/1464993420977793

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