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SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
PREVALENCE OF MARRIAGE BY AGE 15
PREVALENCE OF MARRIAGE BY AGE 18
FEMALE
5%
MALE
N/A
28%
3%
Year of data:
2019
Source:
MICS 2019
Year of data:
2019
Source:
MICS 2019
LEGAL AGE OF MARRIAGE
18
18
LOWEST PERMITTED AGE OF MARRIAGE DUE TO EXCEPTIONS IN THE LAW
18
18
Law(s) which govern marriage and/or child marriage:
Family Code 2018
ABOUT THE LAW AND ANY EXCEPTIONS
In 2018, the legal age of marriage was made 18 without exception. Previously, girls could be married at 14 and boys at 16 with parental or judicial consent.
CAN MARRIED OR PREGNANT GIRLS GO TO SCHOOL?
In 2020, a regulation which stopped pregnant girls attending school was repealed. However, no explicit law protects the right to education for pregnant girls or girls who are mothers.
IS THE COUNTRY A FRAGILE OR CONFLICT-AFFECTED STATE?
Yes
IS THE COUNTRY ONE OF THE 50 MOST CLIMATE-VULNERABLE STATES?
Yes
IS IT ONE OF THE 50 COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST RATES OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY?
No
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