“She goes with me in my boat”: Child and Adolescent Marriage in Brazil

Description

This study, the first of its kind in Brazil, explores attitudes and practices around child and adolescent marriage in Pará and Maranhão, two Brazilian states with highest prevalence of the practice. The results confirm the mostly informal and consensual nature of unions involving girls under the age of 18 in the settings studied. The analysis highlights the ways in which a child or adolescent marriage may create or exacerbate risk factors (i.e., related to health, education, security) while often being perceived by girls or family members as offering stability in settings of economic insecurity and limited opportunities

Creator

Alice Taylor, Giovanna Lauro, Marcio Segundo, Margaret Greene

Source

https://promundoglobal.org/resources/she-goes-with-me-in-my-boat-child-and-adolescent-marriage-in-brazil/

Publisher

Instituto Promundo & Promundo-US

Date

2015

Language

English, Portuguese

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URL

https://promundoglobal.org/resources/she-goes-with-me-in-my-boat-child-and-adolescent-marriage-in-brazil/

Citation

Alice Taylor, Giovanna Lauro, Marcio Segundo, Margaret Greene, ““She goes with me in my boat”: Child and Adolescent Marriage in Brazil,”