SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH AFRICA
FÊMEA
MALE
PREVALÊNCIA DE CASAMENTO ATÉ OS 15 ANOS
1%
N / D
PREVALÊNCIA DE CASAMENTOS ATÉ OS 18 ANOS
4%
1%
Ano dos dados:
2016
Fonte:
DHS 2016
Ano dos dados:
2016
Fonte:
DHS 2016
IDADE LEGAL PARA CASAMENTO
18
18
IDADE MÍNIMA PERMITIDA PARA CASAMENTO DEVIDO A EXCEÇÕES LEGAIS
No minimum age
No minimum age
Lei(s) que regem o casamento e/ou o casamento infantil:
Civil Marriages (Marriage Act of 1961), Customary Marriages (Recognition of Customary Marriages Act of 1998), The Children’s Act of 2005
SOBRE A LEI E QUAISQUER EXCEÇÕES
There are inconsistencies across the laws relevant to child marriage in South Africa. The 2005 Children's Act made 18 the legal age of marriage for men and women, but it also recognises customary marriages. The Recognition of Customary Marriages Act does not stipulate minimum ages. The Marriage Act was also not amended to reflect the Children's Act. The Marriage Act states: "No boy under the age of eighteen years and no girl under the age of sixteen years shall be capable of contracting a valid marriage except with the written permission of the Minister, which he may grant in any particular case in which he considers such marriage desirable..."
Moças casadas ou grávidas podem ir a ESCOLA?
According to the South African Schools Act, all children, regardless of marital status or pregnancy, have the right to an education