Child Marriage in Vietnam: Typology, Multiple Reasons and Alternative Policies

• Published in: Kuwait chapter of Arabian journal of business & management review 2020-09, Vol.9 (3), p.119-129
• Main Authors: Toulah , Fawzia H, Alshathly , Mona R, Wakid , Majed H, Ashoor , Safinaz J
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Age; Age groups; Arranged marriage; Child marriage; CHILDREN; DISPROPORTIONATE MARRIAGE; Education; Equality; Families & family life; Gender equity; Girls; Internet; Minority & ethnic groups; Norms; Parents & parenting; Pregnancy; School dropouts; Sex discrimination; SOCIAL EQUITY; Social networks; Sustainable development; Teenage pregnancy; VIET NAM; Womens health; الأطفال; الزواج غير المتكافئ; المساواة الإجتماعية; فيتنام
• ISSN: 2224-8358; 2224-8358
• DOI: 10.12816/0059070

Gender equality is emphasized in 17 Sustainable Development Goals formulated by the United Nations in 2015. The world has warned to eradicate the harmful practice of child marriage in developing and underdeveloped countries. Child marriage has been the critical issue and should be eradicated among ethnic minority groups in Vietnam. Adverse side, adolescent pregnancy has persisted in some boroughs and metropolises becoming one driven factor of child marriage. This study aims to delineate child marriage in Vietnam with typology and multiple reasons; and review successful interventions to decrease child marriage in some hot spots across the globe to recommend learning lessons to Vietnam. Finally, the paper proposed four policy alternatives and policy recommendation to tackle child marriage in the context of Vietnam._