Promundo was invited to share in the first week of September in Oslo and Bergen, Norway, the experience of the exploratory research on child marriage that it is carrying out in Brazil at an event organized by Sex Og Politikk, a Norwegian NGO that advocates for rights sexual and reproductive. The event resulted in a dynamic exchange about experiences in the Brazilian and Norwegian contexts regarding childhood marriage and forced marriage.
In Norway, marriages that take place during adolescence and childhood and forced marriages are a concern for the country's development and diplomatic policies, but also for the well-being of local communities that include populations of second and first generation immigrants and refugees. . After hosting a photo exhibition that travels around the world, Too Young to Wed ('Too Early to Marry'), the NGO Sex Og Politikk ('Sex and Politics' in Norwegian) wanted to understand more about marriages during childhood in contexts outside the that were represented within the exhibition. During the week, several members of universities and government and civil society institutions participated.
Exploratory research is being carried out by Promundo in two Brazilian states: Pará and Maranhão. In Brazil, and in others in Latin America, stable unions involving children and adolescents are very common, however it is still little understood and explored. More than 42,700 girls aged 10-14 were in unions in 2010 according to the census. These informal unions have implications for the rights of girls and young women in terms of health, violence prevention, among others. The research results will be disseminated and discussed with partners and the public from various sectors in Brazil and internationally from 2015 onwards.
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