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7 gru 2022 · According to the Girls Not Brides organization, child marriage in the Philippines is exacerbated by trafficking, religion, school drop-outs, adolescent pregnancies, and internal conflicts and...
7 sty 2022 · 7 January 2022 - Amid the exacerbation of child rights issues due to the COVID-19 pandemic, compounded by the onslaught caused by Typhoon Odette (Rai), UNICEF Philippines celebrates a major milestone in child rights – the passage of Republic Act No. 11596 or the “Prohibition of Child Marriage Law.”
7 sty 2022 · 7 January 2022 - Amid the exacerbation of child rights issues due to the COVID-19 pandemic, compounded by the onslaught caused by Typhoon Odette (Rai), UNICEF Philippines celebrates a major milestone in child rights – the passage of Republic Act No. 11596 or the “Prohibition of Child Marriage Law.”
28 cze 2022 · What the law is about: The Anti-Child Marriage Law is consistent with Section 13, Article II of the Philippine Constitution in which the state recognizes the vital role of the youth in...
6 sty 2022 · The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) welcomes the law prohibiting child marriage through the enactment of Republic Act 11596 signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on December 10, 2021 and released on January 6, 2022.
The State affirms that marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of capacitated parties, and child betrothal and marriage shall have no legal effect. Pursuant to these policies, the State thus views child marriage as a practice constituting child abuse because it debases, degrades, and demeans the intrinsic worth and ...
9 wrz 2021 · Senate Bill No. 1373, which explicitly defines child marriage as “child abuse,” would penalize those who facilitate and arrange such marriage with imprisonment of up to 12 years and a fine of up to P50,000. Parents and guardians will also be stripped of their parental authority over the child.
