{"id":2614,"date":"2024-03-15T08:13:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T08:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/?p=2614"},"modified":"2024-03-15T08:21:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T08:21:36","slug":"national-study-on-child-marriage-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/national-study-on-child-marriage-in-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"National Study on Child Marriage in Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Study background:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The study aims to offer a comprehensive and up-to-date understanding of child marriage in Lebanon, covering all governorates of the country. The data presented in this study serves as a current reference for any information related to child marriage since 2016. Its primary objective was to analyze the frequency of marriage among children and persons aged 18 and below in different regions of the country, taking into account different demographics such as religion, social status, level of education, etc., and it is a part of the ongoing struggle of the Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering within the #NotBefore18 campaign to end child marriage and to push towards the endorsement of setting the age of marriage law in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>The study had a larger focus on the Lebanese Context and covered several key areas related to child marriage, including awareness, prevalence and age of marriage, health conditions and disabilities in the family, living conditions in refugee camps, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Beirut blast, as well as religious affiliations and their influence on marriage decisions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/National-Study-on-Child-Marriage-in-Lebanon.pdf\">To view and download the National Study\u00a0 in English: <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/National-Study-on-Child-Marriage-in-Lebanon.pdf\">National Study on Child Marriage in Lebanon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Study background: The study aims to offer a comprehensive and up-to-date understanding of child marriage in Lebanon, covering all governorates of the country. The data presented in this study serves as a current reference for any information related to child marriage since 2016. Its primary objective was to analyze the frequency of marriage among children &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"post_format":[],"flags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-15-100907.png?fit=646%2C981&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa0Zsl-Ga","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":329,"url":"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/the-attitude-of-lebanese-society-towards-child-marriage-an-opinion-poll\/","url_meta":{"origin":2614,"position":0},"title":"The Attitude of Lebanese Society towards Child Marriage: An Opinion Poll","date":"September 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The study was conducted by the Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering- RDFL in partnership with UN Women and Save the Children, under the overall framework of the UN Women Men and Women for Gender Equality Programme, funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). 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Work should be done at the level of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Projects&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG-20221011-WA0043.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":137,"url":"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/rdfl-submits-a-draft-law-aiming-to-protect-children-in-lebanon-from-early-marriage\/","url_meta":{"origin":2614,"position":3},"title":"RDFL submits a draft law aiming to protect children in Lebanon from early marriage","date":"April 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"When a young girl is pushed into marriage, the damage can last long after her wedding day. 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