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Sexual violence and armed conflict11/14/2023 ![]() It makes a unique contribution by documenting and analyzing what is known regarding girls, and to a lesser extent boys, and child marriage during or as a result of armed conflict. This article focuses on a little-studied form of sexual and gender-based violence against children during times of armed conflict: child marriage. While in most cases the perpetrator is an adult, in some cases the abuser is another child. In addition, girls have been subjected to forced impregnation, forced child-bearing and forced termination of pregnancy. ![]() Sexual violence against children during armed conflict includes sexual exploitation, sexual humiliation, sexual assault, sexual mutilation, rape, sexual enslavement, enforced prostitution, forced sterilization, and other cruel and inhuman sexual acts committed by parties to conflict and civilians during times of armed conflict. Past and recent history is filled with examples of sexual violence against girls, and to a lesser extent against boys, during armed conflict. It concludes with ideas on the information and knowledge that is still needed to inform effective response. It presents information on different married child populations, including child brides and grooms, girls forcibly married to armed actors, child widows, and child marriage within natural disasters. ![]() ![]() It then presents a concise analysis of what is known about child marriage in development contexts, before moving on to discuss the (limited) state of knowledge on child marriage in humanitarian settings, and the global response. To this end, this article examines what constitutes child marriage within the international legal framework. Eradicating and addressing child marriage in situations of armed conflict requires that stakeholders increase their attention, knowledge, evidence-based protection measures, and resources in a coordinated fashion. ![]()
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