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Unfinished Business: Old Challenges in New Law Reform on Child Marriage

May 4, 2018 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

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Date: Friday, May 4, 2017 • 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Presenter: Rangita de Silva de Alwis, S.J.D.
Location: Cheever House, Wellesley College

 

A rash of legislation combating child marriage, and pledges by political leaders—including those of Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister of Bangladesh, and Joyce Banda, the former president of Malawi— to fight child marriage in their countries, reveal loopholes in the law that roll back the promise of law reform. This lecture considers recent legal revisions in Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, along with comparative perspectives of Malawi and other countries, to determine the promises and potential pitfalls of such reforms. Two important reformist initiatives have captured the attention of women and their governments in Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. In both countries, child marriage is pervasive. Bangladesh has one of the highest child marriage rates in the world and the highest rate of marriage involving girls under age 15. According to figures published by UNICEF in 2016, 52 percent of girls are married by the age of 18, and 18 percent by the age of 15. The numbers are even more troubling in rural areas, where 71 percent of girls are married before the age of 18, compared to 54 percent in urban areas. In Zimbabwe, according to UNICEF’s data, 32 percent of girls are married by the age of 18. This paper will examine the complicated definition of the “Best Interest of the Child” in Bangladesh and Zimbabwe against the backdrop of a changing legal landscape for child marriage.

Throughout her career, Rangita de Silva de Alwis, S.J.D., has worked with networks of global institutions, civil society, and government organizations to develop human rights initiatives. She is a senior scholar at WCW and was the director of international human rights policy programs there until 2012. She was the inaugural director of the Global Women’s Leadership Initiative and the Women in Public Service Project launched by Secretary Hillary Clinton and the Seven Sisters Colleges at Wellesley College, which then moved to the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She is currently the associate dean of international affairs at University of Pennsylvania Law School where she teaches international women’s human rights law.

 

For those who are unable to attend in person, many programs are streamed live on Facebook and the videos are archived on our website.

The Lunchtime Seminar Series at the Wellesley Centers for Women is free and open to the public. Most programs are held Thursdays, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. at the Centers’ Cheever House location, though this presentation will be held on a Friday. Guests are invited to bring their lunches, and WCW will provide tea and coffee. For accessibility questions, contact Disability Services at Wellesley College.

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May 4, 2018
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
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Website:
https://www.wcwonline.org/Lunchtime-Seminar/child-marriage-law-reform

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Wellesley Centers for Women
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7812832500
Email:
mcassid2@wellesley.edu
Website:
https://www.wcwonline.org

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Cheever House, Wellesley College
828 Washington St
Wellesley, MA 02482 United States
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https://www.wcwonline.org

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