The Taliban Legalizes Child Marriage–the USA Won't Ban It
The Taliban has legalized child marriage in Afghanistan, further entrenching discrimination against women and girls. This new decree allows for the interpretation of a girl's silence as consent to marriage, raising concerns from the United Nations. The situation highlights a broader global failure to protect girls from child marriage, including in the United States.
- ▪The Taliban's Decree No. 18 allows a girl's silence at puberty to be seen as consent for marriage.
- ▪The United Nations has expressed grave concern over the decree, stating it institutionalizes violence against women and children.
- ▪Activists estimate that approximately 70% of girls in Afghanistan have been pushed into early or forced marriage since the Taliban banned girls from education after age 11.
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The Taliban Legalizes Child Marriage—The USA Won't Ban ItThe World Must Respond, And America Must Look in the MirrorQasim Rashid, Esq.May 26, 202637045149ShareThe Taliban is committing yet another atrocity upon Afghan girls. A human rights catastrophe and a violation of international law. And it has absolutely no basis in Islamic teaching—despite the Taliban’s cynical and dishonest invocation of religion.But this story is bigger than Afghanistan. It is a story about the global failure to protect girls from child marriage—including right here in the United States.
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