{"id":151932,"date":"2021-01-07T06:55:26","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T10:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=151932"},"modified":"2021-01-07T09:19:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T13:19:12","slug":"child-marriage-banned-new-government-cabient-to-bolster-women-teenagers-and-children-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/01\/07\/child-marriage-banned-new-government-cabient-to-bolster-women-teenagers-and-children-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Child marriage banned, new government cabinet to bolster women, teenagers and children rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Matrimonio-Infantil-Pxfuel-e1605273806666.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-149751\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>President Luis Abinader published Child Marriage Law 1-21 that eliminates legal marriage for those under 18 in the Dominican Republic. Previously, parental and judge authorization allowed girls 15-17 to marry.<br>Child Marriage Law 1-21 amended various provisions in the Civil Code (Law 659-94) and now prohibits persons under 18 years of age from getting married.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Presidency explains the Dominican state now complies with commitments made to other states and international organizations that consider this type of practice as a form of torture and a mechanism of violence to girl and adolescent human rights. After many years of debates, government officials finally recognized that child marriage increases inequalities and considerably affects society&#8217;s progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concurrently, the Presidency also issued Decree 1-21 declaring high national interest in drafting state policies to fight violence against women, teenagers, and girls. The same Decree 1-21 creates the Cabinet of Women, Teenagers and Girls, to be coordinated and directed by the Women Minister Mayra Jim\u00e9nez. The decree says that the policies will be part of a Strategic Plan for a Life Free of Violence, under the Ministry of Women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new cabinet comprises the ministries of the Presidency, Interior and Police, Defense, Public Health, Education, Higher Education, Labor, and Economic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other cabinet members come from the Judicial Branch, appointed by the Council of the Judicial Branch, the Attorney General&#8217;s Office, the National Health Service, the National Council for Children and Adolescents, the National Police, the National Statistics Office, the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo and three representatives of women&#8217;s organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/presidencia.gob.do\/noticias\/poder-ejecutivo-elimina-el-matrimonio-infantil-con-la-ley-1-21-y-garantizan-derechos\">Presidency<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eldia.com.do\/ministra-mujer-explica-su-plan-anti-feminicidios\/\">El Dia<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7 January 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Luis Abinader published Child Marriage Law 1-21 that eliminates legal marriage for those under 18 in the Dominican Republic. Previously, parental and judge authorization allowed girls 15-17 to marry.Child Marriage Law 1-21 amended various provisions in the Civil Code (Law 659-94) and now prohibits persons under 18 years of age from getting married. The &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/01\/07\/child-marriage-banned-new-government-cabient-to-bolster-women-teenagers-and-children-rights\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[290,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151932"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151932"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151951,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151932\/revisions\/151951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}