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NO, ROSMAH, YOU’RE WRONG! CHILD MARRIAGES ARE NOT RARE IN MALAYSIA.
Bernama reported that Rosmah had told a breakfast meeting in New York that child marriages were rare in Malaysia due to a good education system and low poverty rate.
Rosmah said child marriages in Malaysia happened only in certain circumstances such as legalising out of wedlock pregnancies and preventing social misconduct such as free sex, drug abuse and gangsterism, and runaway incidents.
However, the Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) said:
1. In 2010, approximately 16,000 girls aged below 15 were married.
2. In 2014, more than 15,000 Malaysian children were married off before the age of 19.
3. “These statistics, while already worryingly high, are only cases of child marriages that were reported,” JAG said.
https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/314309
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Child marriages in Malaysia “not that common, but not rare”, say health practitioners, child rights’ activists
Child marriages an issue in Malaysia despite good education system, low poverty rate
At a recent regional conference in Kuala Lumpur, health practitioners and child rights’ activists highlight the dangers of child marriages, for both the young wives and their infants.
- POSTED: 31 Oct 2015 23:14
KUALA LUMPUR: Child marriages are an issue that Malaysia still faces in spite of its good education system and low poverty rate. Unlike Pakistan and India where almost half of the children are married before the age of 16, in Malaysia, cases of child marriages are rare. That is according to Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s wife, Rosmah Mansor, who recently shared her country’s experience of child marriages at a breakfast meeting in New York.
Madam Rosmah had accompanied Prime Minister Najib, who was in New York attending a session of the United Nations’ (UN) general assembly. However, experts at a recent Asia Pacific conference on Child Neglect and Abuse in Kuala Lumpur, have begged to differ.
They cite a UN population fund report, which said that despite Malaysia’s relatively good education system and low poverty rate, more than 15,000 children in the country were married off below the age of 18.
“I won’t say it is rare,” said Dr Raj Karim, chairperson of the Asian Pacific Regional Conference on Child Abuse and Abuse. ” I will say it is not that common but we really don’t know the extent because most happen in the rural areas and are not reported, not brought to our attention.
“Of course there are cases in Sabah and Sarawak, it’s common. It is like a social norm where children get married when they are 14 or any age below 16.”
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/child-marriages-an-issue/2230412.html?cid=twtcna
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Malaysian Insider
Ministry admits to task force dealing with child marriages after Rosmah’s claim
Ministry admits to task force dealing with child marriages after Rosmah’s claim
Putrajaya said today it had a special task force looking into the issue of child marriages in Malaysia, despite the claim by the prime minister’s wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, that such cases were rare.
The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry did not specify when the task force was set up, but said it consisted of relevant government agencies, academics and child activists who have been looking into the issue.
“Among the proposals… is the possibility of setting conditions to prepare two reports, that is the medical report by a medical doctor and a social report by a child psychologist,” the ministry said in a statement today.
“Both reports can help the Shariah judge (for cases involving Muslims), and chief ministers/menteris besar/federal territories minister to make the necessary considerations before approving underage marriages.”
A Muslim couple under the age of 18 can marry with approval from the Shariah Court, under the Islamic Family Law (Federal Territory) Act 1984 and the Islamic Family Enactment (Selangor) 2003.
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Malaysiakini
‘No, child marriages in Malaysia are not rare!’
JAG: ‘No, child marriages in Malaysia are not rare!’ https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/314309
Women’s groups in the country have refuted the claim by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s wife, Rosmah Mansor, that child marriages in the country are rare.
In a statement today, the Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) expressed its concern over Rosmah’s claim, which was made at the Breakfast Panel on ‘Girls, not Bride’, at the Ford Foundation in New York on Wednesday.
“Unfortunately, child marriages in Malaysia occur more often than depicted,” JAG said. “Child marriages are definitely not rare in Malaysia, as mentioned by Rosmah.”
Rosmah had stated that child marriages in Malaysia were rare because of the existence of a good education system and the low poverty rate at 0.6 percent.
She also said child marriages in Malaysia happened only in certain circumstances, such as legalising out of wedlock pregnancies and preventing social misconduct, such as free sex, drug abuse and gangsterism, and runaway incidents.
https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/314309
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Malaysian Insider
Women’s groups dispute Rosmah, say child marriages not rare
Women’s groups dispute Rosmah, say child marriages not rare http://bit.ly/1O7OJam
A coalition of women’s rights groups today hit out at the prime minister’s wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor for saying that child marriages are rare in Malaysia, and insisted it was not the case.
The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) said Malaysia still had a long way to go in overcoming child marriage, and tackling the problem would require an accurate and responsible depiction of the trend.
“Child marriages are definitely not rare in Malaysia as mentioned by Datin Seri Rosmah,” said JAG in a statement today.
“JAG deplores downplaying the gravity of occurrences of child marriages in Malaysia.”
JAG said that in 2010, Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Heng Seai Kie said approximately 16,000 girls aged below 15 were married.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) 2014 report recorded that more than 15,000 Malaysian children were married off before the age of 19, said JAG.
It added that the statistics, while “worryingly high”, were only cases of child marriages that were reported.
“With the adoption of the resolution to end child marriage by the Human Rights Council earlier this year, Malaysia should do more to acknowledge the problem of child marriages and take better measures to end it.
“Therefore, we call for more responsible and accurate depiction of the occurrences of child marriages in Malaysia especially when presented by public figures, as child marriage is a human rights violation.”
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Star
Wednesday September 30, 2015 MYT 1:35:27 PM
Rosmah Mansor shares Malaysia’s experience in overcoming child marriage
NEW YORK: Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor shared Malaysia’s experience in overcoming the problem of child marriage during a Ford Foundation breakfast meeting on Tuesday (Wednesday in Malaysia).
The prime minister’s wife said child marriages were rare in Malaysia, thanks to the existence of a good education system and low poverty rate.
“Enrolment of boys and girls in primary education was 99 per cent…about 70 per cent of girls are now enrolled in universities,” she told the Breakfast Panel on Girls not Bride at Ford Foundation here.
The breakfast meeting was also attended by Princess Mabel Van Oranjestad of Netherlands and spouses of leaders from Panama and Zambi.
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She said the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development set up a Task Force on Protection of Children last year, seeking among others, to raise the marriageable age for girls from 16 to 18 in the Syariah Law, consistent with the Child Act.
The task force also looked into providing reproductive healthcare education to teenagers aged 13 onwards, establish schools for young unmarried girls, widen parenting skills and to instill moral values among the youth through social media.
Rosmah said child marriages in Malaysia happened only in certain circumstances such as legalising out of wedlock pregnancies and preventing social misconduct such as free sex, drug abuse and gangsterism, and runaway incidents.
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2013
The Star
Sunday October 6, 2013 MYT 1:34:22 PM
Child marriages on the rise
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2012
Voice of the Children
Child Marriage In Malaysia
Posted on Nov 27, 2012
The most recent statistics according to the 2000 Population and Housing Census:
- 6,800 girls under age 15 were married in Malaysia; and,
- 235 children between the ages of 10 and 14 were widowed, and 77 divorced or permanently separated.
Note: the 2010 Population and Housing Census did not include updated statistics.
http://voc.org.my/blog/blog/2012/11/27/child-marriages-in-malaysia/
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