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Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
01/09/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/09/2025 08:39
Peru: Legislative change to prohibit child marriage
Peru: Legislative change to prohibit child marriage
On 25 November 2023, the Peruvian government passed a change to the country's marriage law to prohibit and eliminate marriage with minors under the age of 18.
From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Published 12 December 2023
Abstract
This case study charts the role Young Lives evidence played in informing important legislative change. Their evidence was directly cited in the Parliamentary Bill presented to Congress on 29 September 2022, and the Young Lives Peru team presented findings at a Congressional roundtable on 6 December 2022.
This is an output of the Young Lives at Work programme.
Citation
Ford K. 'Peru: Legislative change to prohibit child marriage' 2023