Young Marriage, Parenthood and Divorce
This report presents evidence from a comparative study of marriage, cohabitation, parenthood and divorce among adolescents and young people
Abstract
This report presents emerging evidence from the Young Marriage and Parenthood Study (YMAPS), a comparative qualitative study of marriage, cohabitation, parenthood and divorce among marginalised adolescents and young people in Ethiopia, India (in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana), Peru and Zambia between 2017 and 2020.
There is a growing body of knowledge about why adolescents girls in the Global South get married. However, there is much less information about how to support them once they are married or in a union, and how being married or cohabiting or being young parents alters their life trajectories.
Report authors Gina Crivello and Gillian Mann, who lead YMAPS reveal the lives of adolescent girls and boys and young people who are or were married or cohabiting or are parents through the lens of 6 themes
Citation
Gina Crivello, Gillian Mann, “Young Marriage, Parenthood and Divorce”, Young Lives, May 2020