/channels/taxonomy/term/24532/all en /channels/channels/news/child-marriage-legal-and-persists-across-canada-327554 <p>Canada is at the forefront of global efforts to end child marriage abroad. Yet this practice remains legal and persists across the country. In Canada, more than 3,600 marriage certificates were issued to children, usually girls, under the age of 18 between 2000 and 2018, according to a <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/padr.12369">new study</a> from researchers at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº. In recent years, an increasing number of child marriages have been common-law unions.</p> Fri, 08 Jan 2021 18:58:30 +0000 webfull 166745 at /channels