Georgia 2018
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Georgia 2018 Child Marriage Child Marriage: Levels & Disaggregates Marriage before Age 15 & Age 18 (women age 20-24): SDG 5.3.1 14 Total <1 47 Primary or Lower Secondary 2 25 Upper Secondary <1 11 Vocational Education <1 3 Higher 0 33 Poorest <1 20 Second <1 12 Middle <1 7 Fourth 0 4 Richest 0 25 Rural <1 8 Urban <1 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Percent Married by 18 Married by 15 Percentage of women age 20-24 years who were first married or in union before age 15 and before age 18, by residence, wealth quintile and education Key Messages • Child marriage still remains a major • There is correlation of the child marriage • Share of women married before age 18 threat and substantial measures for its and education. 47% of women aged 20- among the women aged 20-49 is the elimination are being implemented. 24, who were married or were in union highest in Kvemo Kartli (25%), while it is Among women aged 20-24, 14% before the age 18, have obtained the lowest in Tbilisi (12 percent). claimed to be married before age 18. primaryorlowersecondaryeducation, • There is a significant difference between • Child marriage is a problem across the 25% - upper secondary and 11% - age cohort of trends in child marriage. country; however, there is a significant vocational education, while only 3% of Highest indices in both, married by 15 difference between the prevalence in woman aged 20-24, who were married and married by 18, has the age group urban and rural areas. 8% of the age or in union before age 18, have achieved 40-44, with 3% and 27% respectively. group 20-24, living in urban area have higher level of education. been married before the age of 18; • In the poorest quintile, 33% of women whereas, 25% (aged 20-24) of women aged 20-24 were married before age of from rural area were married or were in 18, while 4% belong to the richest union before coming of age. quintile were married before the age of 18. Regional Data on Child Marriage Region Marriage by age 18 Marriage before the age of 18 is a reality for many young girls. In many parts of the world National 17 parents encourage the marriage of their daughters while they are still children in hopes Tbilisi 12 that the marriage will benefit them both Adjara A.R 20 financially and socially, while also relieving financial burdens on the family. In actual fact, Guria 22 child marriage is a violation of human rights, Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti 17 compromising the development of girls and often resulting in early pregnancy and social isolation, Kakheti 24 with little education and poor vocational training reinforcing the gendered nature of poverty. The Mtskheta-Mtianeti 16 right to 'free and full' consent to a marriage is Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti 16 recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - with the recognition that consent Samtskhe-Javakheti 22 cannot be 'free and full' when one of the parties Kvemo Kartli 25 involved is not sufficiently mature to make an informed decision about a life partner. Shida Kartli 24 Percentage of women aged 20-49 years who were first married or in union before age 18, by region Trends in Child Marriage 30 27 25 20 19 16 14 15 15 Percent 14 10 5 3 1 1 1 1 <1 0 45‐49 40‐44 35‐39 30‐34 25‐29 20‐24 Age cohort Married by 15 Married by 18 Percentage of women age 20-49 years who were first married or in union before age 15 and before age 18, by age cohort The Georgia Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey The objective of this snapshot is to Further statistical snapshots and the Survey (MICS) was carried out in 2018 by the disseminate selected findings from the Findings Report for this and other surveys National Statistics Office of Georgia as part Georgia MICS 2018 related to Early are available on mics.unicef.org/surveys. of the global MICS programme. Technical Marriage. Data from this snapshot can be support was provided by the United Nations found in tables PR4.1W. Children’s Fund (UNICEF). UNICEF, NCDC, USAID, WB, UNFPA, SIDA, AFD, SCD, ISS, UNDP and WHO provided financial support..