RWANDA
RWANDA
FEMENINO
MASCULINO
PREVALENCE OF MARRIAGE BY AGE 15
0%
N / A
PREVALENCIA DEL MATRIMONIO A LOS 18 AÑOS
6%
0.40%
Año de los datos:
2019-20
Fuente:
DHS 2019-20
Año de los datos:
2019-20
Fuente:
DHS 2019-20
EDAD LEGAL PARA MATRIMONIO
21
21
EDAD MÍNIMA PERMITIDA PARA MATRIMONIO DEBIDO A EXCEPCIONES EN LA LEY
18
18
Ley(es) que rigen el matrimonio y/o el matrimonio infantil:
Law No. 32/2016 (amended 2024)
ABOUT THE LAW AND ANY EXCEPTIONS
¿PUEDEN IR LAS CHICAS CASADAS O EMBARAZADAS ? ¿ESCUELA?
In 2016 the Persons and Family Law made 21 the legal age of marriage with no exceptions; in 2024 the law was amended to allow men and women aged 18 to marry with the dispensation of the civil registrar. However, the law also explicitly permits the optional payment of a dowry.
Rwanda also has strong laws regarding child sexual abuse, with all acts with a child below the age of 18 punished with hefty custodial sentences. It also explicitly criminalises the act of child marriage if conducted as a result of rape of a child.
No explicit law prevents or protects the right to education for married, pregnant, or parenting girls.