DHAMAR Yemen, Dec.17 2009 (Saba) – A workshop on early marriage phenomenon and its negative effects on the individuals and society was kicked off here on Thursday, organized by the Democratic School in cooperation with the Nation Commission for Women.
The workshop, attended by 30 participants from Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), discussed papers on the early marriage risks and the need to intensify the awareness amid the local societies on dangers of this phenomenon as well as the media role in this regard.
In the workshop onset, Coordinator of Project to combat early marriage at the Democratic School Fatima al-Sultan reviewed the exerted efforts in creating a positive support and a legal objection as well a spreading awareness on this marriage risks which hinder women sector development.
A number of speeches delivered in the workshop confirmed the importance of the social participation across the provinces to activate the current law which bans the early marriage under the age of 17.
This workshop comes within the One Million Signature Campaign launched by the Democratic School aiming to reduce the early marriage and persuade the parliament to revise not its decision taken on February 11, 2009 in which it defined the age of marriage at 17.