For the people of the Dominican Republic, Child Marriage is a serious issue. Over 95% of the children who are forced into marriage are girls. The children have no say whether they would like to get married or not.
It is important that the people of the world, including children, have a say in whether or not they would like to get married. Over 90% of unmarried Dominican girls aged 15-19 are in school, whereas 3 out of 5 of their married peers are neither in school nor working. That says that if you get married before you get a substantial amount of education you will have a more difficult time in life.
The Dominican Republic would like the creation of a world law that says that children: must be at or above age 16, Have had an education of up to or exceeding 8th grade, and must have child’s agreement to marriage written and signed.
With the proper regulations, People in the Dominican Republic, and the world, who want to marry under aged children, will have a harder time get
2007-03-07 09:41:34 · 3 answers · asked by yung joc 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
getting past international law. The Dominican Republic Realizes, and fully understands, that child Marriage is a serious issue and would like to stop it at all costs.
2007-03-07 09:42:03 · update #1
any suggestions would helpful and i need to know if it good enough for model UN
2007-03-07 09:42:48 · update #2
Watch your CAPITALS. Child Marriage should be lower case, as should People, Have had..., and under-aged is one word. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=underaged Don't forget to finish this!! Oh, and you can cut all of those commas except the first one out of the last sentence.
BTW, it sounds GREAT. Good job!
2007-03-07 10:18:09 · answer #1 · answered by Heywood J Helpaguy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is really good and it would work for a model UN. I totally agree that young people should be allowed a say in who their going to spend the rest of their lives with.
2007-03-07 17:47:09 · answer #2 · answered by CarmelStarGirl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That sounds good to me. - very good. - I presume the "8th grade" stipulation is for a minor ... you can't make that obligatory for an adult that wants to get married, of course.
I really like the idea of the young person having to sign their agreement. It should be made as complicated as possible.
2007-03-07 17:47:02 · answer #3 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋