Effects of Armed Conflict on Child Marriage: A Quantitative Assessment

Child marriage in armed conflict

International Review of the Red Cross ◽

10.1017/s1816383120000156 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 101 (911) ◽

pp. 575-601

Author(s):

Dyan Mazurana ◽

Anastasia Marshak ◽

Kinsey Spears

Keyword(s):

Natural Disasters ◽

Armed Conflict ◽

Legal Framework ◽

Child Marriage ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Effective Response ◽

Global Response ◽

Protection Measures ◽

Married Child ◽

Child Brides

AbstractEradicating and addressing child marriage in situations of armed conflict requires that stakeholders increase their attention, knowledge, evidence-based protection measures, and resources in a coordinated fashion. To this end, this article examines what constitutes child marriage within the international legal framework. It then presents a concise analysis of what is known about child marriage in development contexts, before moving on to discuss the (limited) state of knowledge on child marriage in humanitarian settings, and the global response. It presents information on different married child populations, including child brides and grooms, girls forcibly married to armed actors, child widows, and child marriage within natural disasters. It concludes with ideas on the information and knowledge that is still needed to inform effective response.

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The Military Burden in Developing Countries

The Journal of Modern African Studies ◽

10.1017/s0022278x00011691 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

pp. 377-401 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Edward Dommen ◽

Alfred Maizels

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Armed Conflict ◽

Quantitative Assessment ◽

Armed Forces ◽

Military Spending ◽

The World ◽

Military Expenditures ◽

Cross Country ◽

The Military ◽

Coups D'etat

During the 1970s, African arms imports rose faster than in any other region of the world. Indeed, military spending doubled between 1970 and 1977, albeit falling since that peak by about one-quarter by 1982,1 as may be seen in Figure 1. The expansion by developing countries of their armed forces during the 1970s, which was certainly not confined to Africa, stimulated interest among economists regarding its impact on economic growth. Our article attempts a quantitative assessment of some of the moew important factors which influence levels of military expenditures in developing countries, first in general and then in Africa specifically, by means of cross-country multiple regression analysis for the average of the years 1978–80. Although military spending is often an end in itself, providing a living for the soldiers and their suppliers, it is also justified on the grounds that it deters armed conflict or domestic unrest, despite being responsible for so many coups d'état.

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