Child marriage is always forced
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- 08 Feb 2023
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In every province across Argentina, children are forced into marriage – even in the capital, Buenos Aires. Whether by family dictate, as a form of protection or an avenue of social mobility, underage girls are the victims of forced marriage.
n some Argentine provinces, a girl’s first menstruation does not symbolise a welcome to adolescence or fertility. It marks a critical moment to go on the alert.
In the northern province of Misiones, for example, a girl of 12 – whose name is not revealed here to preserve her privacy – began to become an object of desire for local (and also visiting) males. The girl’s parents handed her over in marriage to a local notable figure much older than herself, in order to protect her from others hoping to abuse her. Now that the girl is married, local males in the region do not approach her because they respect her husband. The parents have thus guarded their daughter from external abuse while converting the adolescent into the victim of abuse by her own husband. Read More…
