Some people may be denied rights just because of their gender, others may be subject to abuse and sexual violence. Casiano could not afford to pay for her daughter’s funeral, or a headstone for her grave, until a GoFundMe page she set up went viral. She watched, uncomfortably, as her husband increasingly convinced himself their daughter might be OK. Empirical literature and theory on the drivers of child marriage, as well as anecdotal evidence from a number of countries, allow to conclude that the risk of child marriage increases in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences.

International human rights instruments and international entities stress the need to take measures to address CFM. I desperately want our community to change because if it continues to remain the same, people will lose their children.

Child marriage rates are not as high in the US as in other places, but they do still occur at alarming rates. Security Council Demands Immediate and Complete Halt to Acts of Sexual Violence Against Civilians in Conflict Zones, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1820 (2008)".

Dr Gundle adds that people are more vulnerable during the pandemic and there can be increased opportunities for predators to “prey on some parents and promise them that they will provide something better for their child, when they will really just be going into a dangerous situation. Girls were not supposed to go to college in her insular community, but she secretly applied and began saving up enough money to leave her husband. Pollard also works to change laws that still allow child marriage in the US and advocates for abuse victims. The crisis in DR Congo receives little media attention and not enough financing for humanitarian work. It reviews the various measures taken to address the issue, including in the context of COVID-19 related restrictions, and highlights the main challenges.The lawyers representing her have noted that a white plaintiff in the case with the same diagnosis as Casiano was told to go out of state to get care, but Casiano’s treatment was very different.

Forced pregnancy is the practice of forcing a woman or girl to become pregnant or remain pregnant against her will, often as part of a forced marriage, as part of a programme of breeding slaves, or as part of a programme of genocide. In April 2019, shortly after Nasrin Sotoudeh’s sentencing, Yasaman Aryani, her mother, Monireh Arabshahi, and Mojgan Keshavarz were all arrested after posting a video that went viral on International Women’s Day.A child marriage is considered to be a form of forced marriage, given that one and/or both parties have not expressed full, free and informed consent. Y and her husband are both in a lot of stress and her husband wants a transfer to the city to avail better medical facilities. Structural racism, Medicaid coverage and a failure to properly invest in maternal healthcare all contribute to this.