Among the negative impacts of extreme weather events around the world is one that most people may not think of: an increase in child marriages.
The researchers examined 20 studies published between 1990 and 2022 that examined how extreme weather was related to marriages involving children, mostly girls, who were below the age of 18. Most of the studies were done in low- and middle-income countries in Asia and Africa, including Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Kenya, Nepal and Vietnam.
Regional customs such as bride price and dowry were found to be key factors in the link between child marriage andIn areas such as sub-Saharan Africa and Vietnam that practice bride price—the groom's family pays the bride's family—girls had an increased probability of being forced to marry during droughts and periods of heavy rainfall, studies showed.
Communities that were displaced by floods, cyclones and other disasters often ended up in camps where young girls were targeted for sexual harassment and violence.
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