MALDIVES
MALDIVES
PREVALENCIA DEL MATRIMONIO A LOS 15 AÑOS
FEMENINO
0%
MASCULINO
N / A
PREVALENCIA DEL MATRIMONIO A LOS 18 AÑOS
2%
2%
Year of data:
2016-17
Fuente:
DHS 2016-17
Año de los datos:
2016-17
Fuente:
DHS 2016-17
EDAD LEGAL PARA MATRIMONIO
18
18
EDAD MÍNIMA PERMITIDA PARA MATRIMONIO DEBIDO A EXCEPCIONES EN LA LEY
18
18
Ley(es) que rigen el matrimonio y/o el matrimonio infantil:
Children's Rights Protection Act 2019
SOBRE LA LEY Y CUALQUIER EXCEPCIÓN
The 2019 Children's Rights Protection Act made 18 the legal age of marriage without exceptions. However, the Maldivian Constitution states that 'No law contrary to any tenet of Islam shall be enacted in the Maldives', which would give Sharia law precedence over national laws.
In 2019, a high-profile child marriage case effectively put the law to the test. A rapist had been found to have married his victim, who was aged 12-13 years old at the time, and subsequently fathered a child with her. All of this was done with the knowledge and apparent consent of the victim's family. Despite criticisms of the police, who had been perceived to be slow to act, the rapist and the victim's parents were arrested, and the perpetrator was eventually sentenced to 14 years imprisonment.
¿PUEDEN IR LAS CHICAS CASADAS O EMBARAZADAS ? ¿ESCUELA?
No explicit law prevents or protects the right to education for married, pregnant, or parenting girls.