SOLOMON ISLANDS
SOLOMON ISLANDS
FEMALE
MALE
PREVALENCE OF MARRIAGE BY AGE 15
6%
N/A
PREVALENCE OF MARRIAGE BY AGE 18
21%
4%
Year of data:
2015
Source:
DHS 2015
Year of data:
2015
Source:
DHS 2015
LEGAL AGE OF MARRIAGE
15
15
LOWEST PERMITTED AGE OF MARRIAGE DUE TO EXCEPTIONS IN THE LAW
No minimum age
No minimum age
Law(s) which govern marriage and/or child marriage:
Islanders Marriage Act 1945
ABOUT THE LAW AND ANY EXCEPTIONS
The Islanders Marriage Act allows for marriage at the age of 15 with parental consent. However, the Act also recognises customary marriages, which have no minimum age. In 2014, the Solomon Islands stated in its presentation to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) that the Law Reform Commission had yet to review the marriage laws, despite this recommendation being made in 1995. In 2018, the Committee on the Rights of the Child also noted the Solomon Islands had yet to revise its laws to ban child marriage.
CAN MARRIED OR PREGNANT GIRLS GO TO SCHOOL?
No explicit law prevents or protects the right to education for married, pregnant, or parenting girls.