Child Brides and Climate Variability

Caruso, Germán Daniel; Groß, Melanie; Insua, Marcos; Mueller, Valerie; Villacis, Alexis H.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.4190869

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“…In a Malawi drought, CEFM incidence was greater in economically disadvantaged municipalities and among women who had limited access to credit institutions (i.e. banks) (Caruso et al, 2022). CEFM as an economic coping strategy was also noted in more gradual weather events, such as erosion (Roy and Chouhan, 2021).…”

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“…Common limitations noted were narrow geographic coverage (Ahmed et al, 2019; Akhter et al, 2015; Esho et al, 2021; Hossen et al, 2021), non-representative samples (Carrico et al, 2020; Esho et al, 2021), reporting bias in regions where CEFM is illegal (e.g. underreporting) (Dietrich et al, 2022), selection bias (Caruso et al, 2022), and difficulties measuring the timing between extreme weather exposures and CEFM (Corno et al, 2020; Kumala Dewi and Dartanto, 2019).…”

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“…In Indonesia, higher frequency of disasters was associated with increased probability of CEFM (Kumala Dewi and Dartanto, 2019). Girls exposed to drought in Malawi were five percentage points more likely to be married early compared to those living in non-drought areas (Caruso et al, 2022). Five studies noted mixed conclusions with results varying by sibling composition (Valero, 2018), local bride price or dowry customs (Corno et al, 2020; Trinh and Zhang, 2021), urban versus rural regions (Tsaneva, 2020), and type of extreme weather exposure (Carrico et al, 2020).…”

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“…Educational attainment and CEFM were inversely associated for girls in India (Khanna and Kochhar, 2020; Roy and Chouhan, 2021) and Malawi (Caruso et al, 2022). In addition, as parental education increased, the incidence of CEFM decreased in India and Vietnam (Roy and Chouhan, 2021; Trinh and Zhang, 2021).…”

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“…Integrated into direct practice, social workers can educate individual and family clients about the harms of CEFM and be vigilant of accompanying factors. Research-informed community practice before and after disasters should examine technical, educational, and financial interventions through gender and power analysis (Arora-Jonsson, 2011; Caruso et al, 2022; Kumala Dewi and Dartanto, 2019). The critical role of social work in light of climate change needs to be integrated into social work education programs, particularly in countries with high rates of CEFM and vulnerability to extreme weather events.…”

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Association between child, early, and forced marriage and extreme weather events: A mixed-methods systematic review

Doherty,

Rao,

Radney

2023

International Social Work

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This systematic review examines current evidence on the association between extreme weather and child, early, and forced marriage (CEFM). Studies published in English between 1990 and 2022 were identified through ten databases, and independently screened for inclusion followed by data extraction, quality assessment, and narrative synthesis. Of the 20 studies included, CEFM was a major theme in the qualitative studies; quantitative and mixed-method studies noted a positive association between extreme weather and CEFM. Limitations include reporting bias, non-representative samples, and limited geographic coverage. Health professionals and social workers must recognize the complexities surrounding CEFM and extreme weather, which will worsen amid climate change.

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Association between child, early, and forced marriage and extreme weather events: A mixed-methods systematic review

Doherty,

Rao,

Radney

2023

International Social Work

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The effect of extreme weather events on the frequency of child marriage: A systematic review of the evidence

Palmer,

Danioko,

Koski

2024

Sustainable Development

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Child marriage is considered a human rights violation, and its elimination is an explicit target of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. However, there is growing concern that climate change may be threatening efforts to eliminate child marriage. We conducted a systematic review to synthesise quantitative research on the relationship between climate change and child marriage and assess the risk of bias across these studies. We identified 18 studies from an interdisciplinary range of databases. Several studies found that child marriage was correlated with droughts and floods. However, because of the high risk of bias across studies, differences in the vulnerability of the populations studied, and differences in the definitions of extreme weather used, we are unable to draw broad conclusions about whether extreme weather events increase or decrease the rate of child marriage. We discuss common biases across studies and provide suggestions for improving the strength of evidence on this topic.

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