WORLD Child Marriage Laws 2019

The WORLD Child Marriage Laws 2019 dataset was created to assess progress on laws prohibiting child marriage which jeopardizes educational attainment, health, economic opportunities, and gender equality through a systematic review of legislation governing the legal minimum age of marriage across all 193 UN countries as of December 31, 2019. The dataset covers the legal minimum age of marriage for girls and boys, as well as exceptions to minimum ages with parental consent and under religious and customary law. A public use legislative repository is also included providing the legislation used to code each country. About the data creators: The WORLD Policy Analysis Center (WORLD) is committed to improving the quantity and quality of globally comparative data available to policymakers, citizens, civil society, and researchers on laws and policies that work to support human rights, including economic opportunity, social and civic engagement, human health, development, well-being, and equity.

《2019年全球童婚法律数据集》旨在通过系统性梳理截至2019年12月31日联合国193个成员国的婚姻法定最低年龄相关立法，评估各国在禁止童婚相关法律方面的进展——童婚会损害受教育成就、健康水平、经济机遇与性别平等。本数据集涵盖女童与男童的婚姻法定最低年龄，以及经父母同意、依据宗教或习惯法可放宽最低婚龄的例外情形。同时附带公开可用的立法资料库，收录了为各成员国编码所依据的立法文本。

关于数据集制作方：全球政策分析中心（WORLD Policy Analysis Center，缩写WORLD）致力于提升面向政策制定者、普通民众、公民社会及研究人员的全球比较数据的数量与质量，此类数据聚焦于旨在保障人权的法律法规与政策，涵盖经济机遇、社会参与、公民参与、人类健康、发展、福祉与公平等领域。