Editing Child marriage (section)

==== Yemen ====
Child marriage is a common practice in Yemen, both in urban and rural areas.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2011-12-07 |title="How Come You Allow Little Girls to Get Married?" |url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2011/12/07/how-come-you-allow-little-girls-get-married/child-marriage-yemen |journal=Human Rights Watch |language=en}}</ref> As of 2023, an estimated 3.8 million Yemeni girls (about 30%) are married before the age of 18, with approximately 1.3 million girls (about 7%) married before the age of 15.<ref name=":yemen0">{{Cite web |title=Child Marriage in Yemen |url=https://childmarriagedata.org/country-profiles/yemen/ |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=Child Marriage Data Portal |language=en}}</ref>

According to [[Human Rights Watch]] (HRW), in 1999 the minimum marriage age 15 for women was abolished; the onset of puberty, interpreted by conservatives to be at age nine, was set as a requirement for consummation of marriage.<ref name=HRWYemenReport2001>{{Citation| title= World Report 2001|chapter= Yemen: Human Rights Developments | publisher= Human Rights Watch | year=2001 | chapter-url= https://www.hrw.org/wr2k1/mideast/yemen.html | access-date=2010-04-08}}</ref> In April 2008, [[Nujood Ali]], a 10-year-old girl, successfully obtained a divorce after being raped under these conditions. Her case prompted calls to raise the legal age for marriage to 18.<ref name=Daragahi2008>{{Citation| last= Daragahi| first= Borzou | title= Yemeni bride, 10, says I won't | work= Los Angeles Times | date= 11 June 2008 | url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jun-11-fg-childbride11-story.html | access-date=2010-02-16}}</ref> Later in 2008, the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood proposed to define the minimum age for marriage at 18 years, the law passed in April 2009 with the age voted for as 17, however due to maneuvers by opposing parliamentarians the law was dropped the next day.<ref name="Assamiee&Al-Sakkaf2010">{{Citation | author= Mahmoud Assamiee and Nadia Al | title= Relative breakthrough in Yemen's early marriage dilemma | work= Yemen Times | date= 25 March 2010 | url= http://www.yementimes.com/defaultdet.aspx?SUB_ID=33771 | access-date=2010-04-08 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110608055754/http://www.yementimes.com/defaultdet.aspx?SUB_ID=33771 | archive-date= 8 June 2011 }}</ref>

Since 2014 the [[Yemeni civil war (2014–present)|Yemeni civil war]] has led to severe disruption of economic, social and political systems. Extreme poverty drives many families in Yemen to marry off their daughters for financial relief, receiving a dowry in exchange, or sometimes to ensure the safety of girls in an unstable environment.<ref name=":yemen1">{{Cite web |date=2024-06-24 |title=Yemen's Daughters: The Battle Against Child Marriage Amidst War - ECDHR |url=https://www.ecdhr.org/yemens-daughters-the-battle-against-child-marriage-amidst-war/ |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=www.ecdhr.org |language=en-GB}}</ref> Limited access to education leaves young girls with limited options, as child marriage rates are significantly higher among uneducated girls (39.5%) compared to those with secondary education (22.3%).<ref name=":yemen0" /> [[Houthi_movement|Houthi]] laws and policies have also forced the closure of several civil and human rights organisations and also further restricted access to education,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-06 |title=Houthis Violating Women's and Girls' Rights in Yemen {{!}} Human Rights Watch |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/02/06/houthis-violating-womens-and-girls-rights-yemen |access-date=2024-10-26 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 26, 2023 |title=Gender Segregation at Sanaa University: A Worrying Trend for Yemen |url=https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/2023/09/gender-segregation-at-sanaa-university-a-worrying-trend-for-yemen?lang=en |access-date=October 25, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=September 1, 2022 |title=They are suffocating us': Amnesty condemns Houthis' stifling male guardianship rules |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/amnesty-condemns-houthi-guardianship-rules-women |access-date=October 25, 2024 |website=[[The New Arab]]}}</ref> indirectly increasing child marriage rates.