Abstract
The research aims to highlight cultural values and norms that are impeding practices related to child marriage in Red Sea State. The paper focuses on the concept and analytical approach to assess child marriage as one form of the various forms of marital relations. The paper analyzed the interaction relationship between early marriage practices in certain RSS localities with local community perceptions and traditional beliefs. The methodology to achieve the objectives were based on descriptive analytic approaches based on interviews, case studies and questionnaires for households in three localities namely, Sinkat, Haya and Toker. Research for early marriage are linked to the desire of relatives to preserve wealth, purity and fear of shame which girls may be subjected to with delayed marriage. It is seen as simple, non costly marriage which goes hand in hand with other values of rural areas. The impact of early marriage on social and cultural fabric was not clearly understood by locality inhabitant as 60% of the society reflected positively on the advantages of the phenomena. Fifty nine percent of the questionnaire recipient advocate that suitable marriage age is 12-18 years. The after-effects of early marriage on health and death during pregnancy are thought to decrease with education and nutrition. Evidence from localities reflect that women empowerment is low and as a consequence, social development factors are also affecting cultural fabric.
Highlights
The Red Sea State lies on Eastern Sudan along the sea coast
To cast light on the risks associated with child marriage, as perceived by the communities in Port Sudan and Haya; e
It is evident that individuals in Red Sea State are not aware of the Red Sea State Child Law that defines a child as a person younger than 18 years
Summary
The Red Sea State lies on Eastern Sudan along the sea coast. The sea coast exceeds 740,000 km, an area of about 218.000 km. The population of the state exceeds 1,300,000. The center of the state is the locality of Portsudan which represents all the ethnic groups of the Sudan. The childhood rates in the ten localities of the state represent 47% of the total population (6640884 under eighteen years.). The percentage of disability with all its types (visual, audio, kinetic and learning difficulties). Represents 1.9% of the children in the state. Children marriage are not considered obvious disabilities, but hidden disabilities that destroy the quality of life in the most stage of the human life, i.e., the childhood stage
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