भिडियो हेर्न को लागि तलको बिज्ञापन लाइ हटाउनुहोस्
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When 14-year-old Deumaya from Gorkha district in Nepal, talked about getting married, she said: "I met my husband in the village. He is two years older than me. It was a love marriage – we were in love. We went to another village and stayed there for some time. When we came back, people said we were married." Deumaya's story is common in many rural Nepalese communities. While the number of child marriages have been decreasing, a staggering 41% of women still get married before they turn 18 (pdf) despite the fact that the legal age of marriage is 20.
Despite child marriage being a human rights violation and the negative effects on girls and subsequently their children being well documented (pdf), in rural Nepal, an increasing number of these unions are considered love marriages. This is seen to be different from traditional arranged marriages, where two families come together and arrange their children's future spouse. In villages, dating is often impossible because of social norms. When an adolescent couple decides to be together, marriage – often by eloping against their parents' wishes – is their only choice. This practice is known to them as love marriage.
भिडियो हेर्न को लागि तलको बिज्ञापन लाइ हटाउनुहोस्
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