/newsroom/taxonomy/term/9236/all en /newsroom/channels/news/child-marriages-violating-statutory-rape-laws-many-us-states-337728 <p>In many U.S. states, children can legally marry at an earlier age than they can consent to sex, leading to situations where sex between spouses may be a criminal act. Some states exempt sex between married spouses from their definition of statutory rape, which may create perverse incentives for child marriage, according to researchers from Æ»¹ûÒùÔº.</p> <p>Their findings, published in the <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1054139X21005528"><i>Journal of Adolescent Health</i></a>, show that child marriages violated statutory rape laws in 14 states.</p> Wed, 16 Feb 2022 14:23:20 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 286046 at /newsroom /newsroom/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 18:58:29 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 255851 at /newsroom /newsroom/alissa-koski Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:37:12 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 244622 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/child-marriage-remains-widespread-many-countries-sub-saharan-africa-267005 <p> Mon, 13 Mar 2017 20:25:45 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 26777 at /newsroom