Vol. 5 Issue 3
Year:2015
Issue:Aug-Oct
Title:Early Marriage Of Girls In Pakistan
Author Name:Armish Aziz Rajwani and Nazish Hussain Ali Pachani
Synopsis:
Marriage is a precious bond formed between a bride and a groom. In contrast, early marriages evokes challenge, especially for a girl. Sudden shift in roles, responsibilities and environment creates a stress. Their physical and psychological immaturity to deal with emerging demands leads to illnesses like; depression, sepsis, obstructed labor, HIV, etc. This issue is completely preventable, but its roots are deep down. Social, cultural, economical, and religious factors encouraging rural and semi-urban population of Pakistan for many decades. There is a need to re-pattern this practice. Educating girls and making them self-reliant is a key to its implementation. This paper would discuss about its severity, contributing factors, effects and some interventions that can be done to resolve its burden of the country and to achieve millennium developmental goals (MDG's).
Year:2015
Issue:Aug-Oct
Title:Early Marriage Of Girls In Pakistan
Author Name:Armish Aziz Rajwani and Nazish Hussain Ali Pachani
Synopsis:
Marriage is a precious bond formed between a bride and a groom. In contrast, early marriages evokes challenge, especially for a girl. Sudden shift in roles, responsibilities and environment creates a stress. Their physical and psychological immaturity to deal with emerging demands leads to illnesses like; depression, sepsis, obstructed labor, HIV, etc. This issue is completely preventable, but its roots are deep down. Social, cultural, economical, and religious factors encouraging rural and semi-urban population of Pakistan for many decades. There is a need to re-pattern this practice. Educating girls and making them self-reliant is a key to its implementation. This paper would discuss about its severity, contributing factors, effects and some interventions that can be done to resolve its burden of the country and to achieve millennium developmental goals (MDG's).
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