Editing Child marriage (section)

==== Indonesia ====
In a move to curb child marriage in [[Indonesia]], the minimum marriage age for girls in Indonesia was raised to 19 in 2019, equalizing it to that of males. Previously, under the 1974 marriage law, the marriage age for girls was 16, and there was no minimum with judicial consent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/asia/indonesia-marriage-age-raise-intl-scli/index.html|title=Indonesia raises minimum age for marriage to curb child brides|first=Amy|last=Woodyatt|date=17 September 2019|website=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-women-marriage-idUSKBN1W212M|title=Indonesia raises minimum age for brides to end child marriage|date=17 September 2019|work=Reuters|access-date=2019-09-17|language=en}}</ref>

There has been an increase in underage marriage which has been attributed to a rise in [[social networking]] sites like Facebook. It has been reported that in areas like Gunung Kidul, [[Yogyakarta]], couples become acquainted through Facebook and continue their relationships until girls become pregnant.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/08/04/facebook-blamed-sharp-increase-underage-marriage-g-kidul.html |title=Facebook blamed for sharp increase in underage marriage in G. Kidul |newspaper=The Jakarta Post |date=4 August 2011 |access-date=2015-02-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108093744/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/08/04/facebook-blamed-sharp-increase-underage-marriage-g-kidul.html |archive-date=2015-01-08 }}</ref> Under Indonesian law, underage marriage is prosecuted as sexual abuse, though unregistered marriages between young girls and older men are common in rural areas.<ref name=thejakartaglobe>{{cite web |url=http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/archive/cleric-with-child-bride-should-be-jailed-six-years-court-told/402657/|title=Cleric With Child Bride Should Be Jailed Six Years, Court Told|work=Jakarta Globe|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203003635/http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/archive/cleric-with-child-bride-should-be-jailed-six-years-court-told/402657/|archive-date=2013-12-03}}</ref> In one case that caused a nationwide outcry, a wealthy Muslim cleric married a 12-year-old girl. He was prosecuted for sexually abusing a minor and sentenced to four years in jail.<ref name=thejakartaglobe/><ref>{{cite news|title=Indonesia Cleric Jailed for Marrying 12-Year-Old|date=24 November 2010|agency=The Associated Press|work=CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/indonesia-cleric-jailed-for-marrying-12-year-old/}}</ref>

Among the [[Aceh]] of [[Sumatra]], girls formerly married before puberty. The husbands, though usually older, were still unfit for sexual union.<ref name='nature man'>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j2-RUs_rbH8C&pg=PA90 |first=Elie |last=Metchnikoff |title=The Nature of Man: Studies in Optimistic Philosophy |publisher=Putnam |location=New York|year=1903|page=90|isbn=9780405095788 }}</ref>