Article

2012-08-11 India-Pakistan

Demand for law to raise marriage age for girls to 18

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Fred 2012-08-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1 It's been 16 for as long as I can remember, that's a good age, stop MEDDLING.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2012-08-11 00:20|| 2012-08-11 00:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Redneck Jim, here in the USthat means the youngest of those getting married is 16. In Pakistan, girls are being given/sold into marriage at age six or nine. I'm not sure how raising the legal age from 16 to 18 will benefit them in any way.

Posted by trailing wife 2012-08-11 06:25|| 2012-08-11 06:25|| Front Page Top

23:24 Redneck Jim
23:19 Redneck Jim
23:11 Barbara
22:58 trailing wife
22:58 RandomJD
22:50 badanov
22:41 trailing wife
22:30 rammer
22:27 Airandee
22:25 Zhang Fei
22:19 Thing From Snowy Mountain
22:04 Gerthudion Speaking for Boskone6793
21:48 Squinty Groluck1789
21:05 newc
20:44 Thing From Snowy Mountain
20:36 Broadhead6
20:34 Broadhead6
20:34 linker
20:19 Jan
19:59 Dacama
19:55 Rob Crawford
19:47 Barbara
19:20 Secret Asian Man
19:19 newc