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Relationship => Marriage & Family Life => Topic started by: theking on October 31, 2019, 08:57:49 PM
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Fortunately many have moved away from it but some still do practice it:
In Indonesia, 'bride kidnapping' tradition fuels child marriage despite new ban
Fifteen minutes into their first date, Indonesian teenager Helma Yani received a marriage proposal from a boy she had just met. He spirited her away to a relative’s house and a month later, at age 17, they were married.
Yani is one of nearly 1.5 million child brides in Muslim-majority Indonesia, which has the world’s eighth-highest number of underage unions according to the United Nations.
The government raised the marriage age for girls from 16 to 19 in September, but rights groups fear deep-rooted traditions and the practice of not registering unions could hamper efforts to end the scourge.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-women-marriage-feature/in-indonesia-bride-kidnapping-tradition-fuels-child-marriage-despite-new-ban-idUSKBN1XA00B (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-women-marriage-feature/in-indonesia-bride-kidnapping-tradition-fuels-child-marriage-despite-new-ban-idUSKBN1XA00B)
Children having children:
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(https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/reuters/10/31/indonesia-marriage.jpg)