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CNA工作人员,7月22日,2024 / 12:37 pm(CNA)。
巴基斯坦国民议会一致同意本月早些时候将最低法定结婚年龄提高到18岁,修订了19世纪允许基督教儿童结婚的法律。
2024年的《基督教婚姻法》修改了1872年的英国规定,允许女孩结婚13岁,男孩16岁,将男女结婚年龄提高到18岁。 该法律在事故发生时获得批准。 童婚、绑架和强迫皈依 在巴基斯坦,约有1,900万巴基斯坦妇女成为童婚的受害者。 根据 2018年数据。
The act was first introduced to the Senate last year by Sen. Kamran Michael as an update to the 1872 law and was approved on July 9 of this year after Naveed Aamir Jeeva, a Christian from Punjab province, introduced it to Pakistan’s sovereign legislative body, the National Assembly.
该法案适用于巴基斯坦首都伊斯兰堡周边旁遮普地区西北部地区的基督徒。
Local Catholic leaders including the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Pakistan, Bishop Samson Shukardin, and the National Commission for Justice and Peace have since hailed the act for protecting girls from forced conversions and child marriages, which is very common in Pakistan.
“We extend our sincere appreciation to the entire Parliament for passing this bill unanimously,” read a statement from the organizations, according to Vatican News.
“This legislation will play a crucial role in protecting our young and minor girls from forced conversions and child marriages,” it continued. “We hope the government will take further steps to criminalize forced religious conversions.”
According to a study 来自联合国儿童基金会(UNICEF),巴基斯坦每6名年轻妇女中就有1名在童年结婚。 巴基斯坦有近1,900万妇女在18岁之前结婚,其中460万人在15岁之前结婚。
该法案不是巴基斯坦第一个反对童婚的立法,以应对猖獗的童婚现象。 巴基斯坦法律, 信德 童婚 限制 法案, 2013年,在人口第二大省份信德省获得批准。
但法院 不要总是执行这些法律。, and Sharia law (Islamic law) permits marriage of girls when they reach “maturity,” often considered to be after their first menstruation. Islam is the state religion of Pakistan, according to the nation’s constitution.
新修正案可能有助于防止将年轻女孩从少数基督徒人口中绑架的做法,以及强迫她们皈依伊斯兰教并嫁给年长男子的做法。 少于2% 巴基斯坦人分别是基督徒和印度教徒。 逊尼派伊斯兰教是多数宗教,大约83岁% 在人口中,什叶派伊斯兰教大约12% 人口。
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