MALDIVES
MALDIVES
PREVALÊNCIA DE CASAMENTO ATÉ OS 15 ANOS
FÊMEA
0%
MACHO
N / D
PREVALÊNCIA DE CASAMENTOS ATÉ OS 18 ANOS
2%
2%
Ano dos dados:
2016-17
Fonte:
DHS 2016-17
Ano dos dados:
2016-17
Fonte:
DHS 2016-17
IDADE LEGAL PARA CASAMENTO
18
18
IDADE MÍNIMA PERMITIDA PARA CASAMENTO DEVIDO A EXCEÇÕES LEGAIS
18
18
Law(s) which govern marriage and/or child marriage:
Children's Rights Protection Act 2019
SOBRE A LEI E QUAISQUER EXCEÇÕES
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.
Moças casadas ou grávidas podem ir a ESCOLA?
No explicit law prevents or protects the right to education for married, pregnant, or parenting girls.