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Child Marriage and Resistance Movements

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Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Child marriage: early and forced marriage/child and forced marriage

Definitions

The definitions of “rights” and “child” are two important definitions that need to be addressed prior to further discussion. There are two main definitions or theories of rights, i.e. the interest theory and the will theory. The interest theory maintains that rights are derived from a person’s interests. In that, a person’s interest is basically enough for restricting another to be subjected to a particular duty. The will theory claims that a person has a meaningful right if the said person can waive, exercise, and enforce this right. In other words, while the interest theory focuses on a person’s interests independently based on his or her choices, the will theory connects the idea of a person having a right and the exercise of the person’s will with respect to that right (Gilmore and Glennon 2012). Relatively the interest theory is deemed more suitable in the case of a child or children.

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Authors are grateful to the Centre for Research and Innovation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, for the supports given through GKP0020-2018.

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  1. Planning and Development Economics, Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

    Janice L. H. Nga & Debbie Dyana Jun Jinideh

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

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  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

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Nga, J.L.H., Jinideh, D.D.J. (2020). Child Marriage and Resistance Movements. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Gender Equality. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70060-1_69-1

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