policy brief:the impact of war in the early marriage in Yemen

THE IMPACT OF WAR IN THE EARLY MARRIAGE OF YEMEN
Table of Contents
Executive Summary    3
Introduction    4
Research Overview    4
Discussion    5
Policy Options & Recommendation    7
Conclusion    7
Executive Summary
Early marriages in Yemen have been one of the significant social issues that have been effectively researched and discussed. This particular research on comprehending the severe aspects regarding the impact of war on the aspects of child marriages in Yemen. There are numerous factors that have been the direct consequences of the word which have led to the increase in child marriages in Yemen. Moreover, the research has also contemplated the several comprehensive measures that were produced by the prior research on the war on the society of Yemen. Terrorism social norms and financial issues have disrupted the social conditions of the women which can be effectively understood with the data that contemplates that 92% of the Yemani woman faces sexual violence and sexual abuse. This particular research comprehends the reports published by several international activists and the reports of the United Nations that have proactively worked regarding this issue. However, the lack of legal protection and the mal-treatment of the female as a social norm is one of the significant aspects that need to be addressed immediately to encounter these issues. Serious and effective policy actions must be required in order to protect the small children from being scapegoats for the wars and social norms.
Introduction
Child marriage is considered to be a significant Human Rights violation that has been increasingly recognized in the international field. The United Nations Convention on the rights of the child defines that child marriage as a violation of human rights and both the parties under the age of 18 cannot instigate a girl to marry because it is an effective burden on that particular girl. Statistical figures are more concerning as it is found that one in five girls around the world are married under the age of 18 and this has been contemplated with a dramatic increase by 40% of all the girls in the developing world. Empirical shreds of evidence and research have also pointed out that 9 out of the 10 countries have the highest rates of child marriage which require increased attention for humanitarian research and attention. Insufficient research and improper humanitarian settings have effectively contemplated associated factors that have increased the prevalence of child marriage in most developing countries. This particular research focuses on the impacts of child marriages in Yemen as a major aspect of war.
Research Overview
This particular research focuses on the policy description that will contemplate the impacts of war on child marriage and early marriages in Yemen. The research contemplated the literary overview and the case study analysis of several events that have been in the media coverage. This is qualitative research that focuses on the comprehensive analysis of the literature and the several aspects of child marriage that have been covered by the media. The research also makes a comprehensive analysis of the reports published by the United Nations and has focused on the deliberative attempts to contemplate the reasons for child marriage in Yemen. According to some of the reports of UNICEF human has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. According to a study by UNICEF in 2017, it was found that 32% of the women aged between 20 to 24 years were already married before the age of 18, and 9% of the environment before the age of 15 (AA, 2020).
According to the reports of the Human Rights watch of 2019, it was contemplated that even though Yemen has endorsed some efforts to end child marriage and proposed a law in 2014 about the minimum age of marriage at 18 yet it was never officially ratified which left the legal age of marriage unclear. Therefore, there are obviously girl complications in Yemen that have been the effective factor that created a large gender gap in this particular country that was a possible result of the entrance social norms that limited the women with the domestic roles and little power for decision making.
Discussion
The drivers and the consequences of child marriage are interwound and it is shown that the girls married have a lower educational attainment and experience partner violence along with marital rape and poverty. Girls married at a younger age often face adverse health consequences and are more likely to give birth in their adolescence which leads to a higher risk of pregnancy complications and maternal mortality. Just before the Syrian conflict Arabian States were focusing on reducing the prevalence of child marriage although these rates were high...