--- title: "Which countries President has signed a law prohibiting Child Marriage?" description: "Which countries President has signed a law prohibiting Child Marriage?" author: "Lily Chitlangiya" published: 2022-02-08 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95623/which-countries-president-has-signed-a-law-prohibiting-child-marriage category: "current affair" tags: ["current affair", "president", "child marriage", "laws"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Which countries President has signed a law prohibiting Child Marriage? Which countries President has signed a [law](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/44257/the-impact-of-social-media-on-lawsuits) prohibiting Child Marriage? \ ## Answers ### Answer by Stuti Gupta > **President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines approved legislation prohibiting child marriage in the nation.** \ **Child marriage** became unlawful in the **Philippines** when a law prohibiting the practice went into place in a nation where one in every **6 women [marries](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93103/what-do-you-know-about-modi-ji-s-married-life) before the age of 18**. According to the rights organization Plan International, the underprivileged Southeast Asian nation has the **12th greatest rate of child [marriages](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35934/who-was-the-only-president-to-get-married-in-the-white-house) in the globe**, with long-held **cultural beliefs and women's issues impeding change**. However, the new law agreed to sign by President Rodrigo Duterte and made public on Thursday, imposes prison sentences of up to 12 years for getting married or living with a spouse for everyone under 18. \ People who arrange or solemnize underage marriages face the same punishment. According to the law, '**child [marriage](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35912/who-was-the-only-unmarried-president) is a practice that constitutes child poor treatment because it discredits, worsens, and devalues the vital value and rights of children.** The law complies with global norms on the rights of women and girls. \ ![Which countries President has signed a law prohibiting Child Marriage?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/8d6dee32-52ec-45f7-8c15-61b8fdaf05f1/images/9dcb0407-4bf2-4951-827d-2dcf1a0afe61.jpeg)\ \ Some parts of the legislation, however, have been stopped for a year to allow for a transitional phase for [**Muslims**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93508/were-all-the-muslims-of-india-first-hindus-before-the-mughal-empire) and native tribes where child marriage is common. According to a United Nations Children's Fund report released last year, **more than half a billion women and girls globally were married before the age, with Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia having the highest rates**. Recent data show that the approach is dropping globally on average. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95623/which-countries-president-has-signed-a-law-prohibiting-child-marriage Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.