Child marriage remains a persistent issue in Somalia, where there is currently no legally defined minimum age for marriage. In March 2025, public outrage erupted after an eight-year-old girl, missing.
Oct 23, 2025 · Child marriage remains one of Somalia’s most entrenched social issues, sustained by religious interpretation, cultural norms, and the absence of a clear legal framework.
During its 2021 UN Committee on the Rights of the Child State Party report, the Government of Somalia raised that measures were being taken to eliminate harmful practices and priority was given to.
NAIROBI/GAROWE, Aug 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Somalia's parliament has sparked outrage by replacing long-awaited legislation to protect women and girls from violence with a new bill.
Oct 7, 2025 · The result: Somalia remains one of the few countries in the Horn of Africa where a girl as young as 11 can legally be married — if her parents and a cleric consent.
Oct 13, 2025 · Somalia’s Federal Government has sparked national and international outrage after rejecting clauses in the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child that prohibit marriage.
Jan 12, 2025 · Ending child marriage in Somalia requires a holistic and collaborative approach involving the government, international organizations, and local communities. Girls deserve the chance to.
Oct 23, 2025 · MOGADISHU (Kaab TV) — Somalia’s Federal Parliament has come under fire from human rights advocates after approving the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.
Browse child marriage prevalence data in Somalia with interactive charts. Also discover how prevalence varies across different regions of Somalia.
Prevalence of the practice in the home area and control or influence of Al-Shabaab: Child marriage is widespread in Somalia. Early and forced marriage in Somalia reaches approximately 45 %. Girls.
