SIERRA LEONE
SIERRA LEONE
FÊMEA
MALE
PREVALÊNCIA DE CASAMENTO ATÉ OS 15 ANOS
9%
N / D
PREVALÊNCIA DE CASAMENTOS ATÉ OS 18 ANOS
30%
4%
Ano dos dados:
2019
Fonte:
DHS 2019
Ano dos dados:
2019
Fonte:
DHS 2019
IDADE LEGAL PARA CASAMENTO
18
18
IDADE MÍNIMA PERMITIDA PARA CASAMENTO DEVIDO A EXCEÇÕES LEGAIS
18
18
Lei(s) que regem o casamento e/ou o casamento infantil:
The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2024, Child Rights Act 2007, and Customary Marriage and Divorce Act 2009
SOBRE A LEI E QUAISQUER EXCEÇÕES
On 2 July 2024, Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio signed the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2024, into law. The Act sets 18 as the uniform minimum legal age of marriage, removing all exceptions under previous laws.
Previously, while the Child Rights Act 2007 set the minimum age of marriage at 18, the Customary Marriage and Divorce Act 2009 allowed minors to be married with parental consent and stipulated no minimum age.
The 2024 Act harmonizes these laws and criminalises child marriage, enforces strict penalties on offenders, and provides protection and support services for victims.
Moças casadas ou grávidas podem ir a ESCOLA?
Following a judgment issued by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice on December 12, 2019, President Julius Maada Bio announced that the Government of Sierra Leone had lifted the ban prohibiting pregnant schoolgirls from attending school.
Further, in March 2021, the Government of Sierra Leone adopted the 'National Policy on Radical Inclusion in Schools', which focused on excluded and marginalised groups, including pregnant girls and parent learners. The policy provided a roadmap for removing impediments that restrict access to education for certain groups of historically marginalised children.