ArticleBMC women's health2022
Exploring Iraqi people's perception about early marriage: a qualitative study.
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- Turkısh women's experıences of early and forced marrıage: a meta-synthesıs study.Archives of women's mental health · 2025Pooled it
- Exploring adolescent girls' involvement in decision-making processes regarding child marriage: A systematic review.Narra J · 2025Pooled it
- Multisectoral collaboration on violence against women and children in Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon: A comparative qualitative study.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Exploring the impact of perceived early marriage on women's education and employment in Bangladesh through a mixed-methods study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Continuous chains: childhood maltreatment and intimate partner violence victimization among displaced women in a war context.BMC women's health · 2024Article
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Abstract
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objectiveEarly marriage is prevalent in Iraq, but the factors related to this behavior, especially people's attitudes about it, have not been well studied. It has been proven that early marriage seriously threatens young girls' lives and health. This study aimed to explore the perception of people about early marriage in the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
methodsA qualitative method was employed to carry out this study in 2020. Data were collected through 16 focus group discussions in different health centers in Erbil, Iraq. Each focus group included 8-12 participants who had the experience of early marriage. The transcripts of the focus groups were analyzed through the six methodological activities of Van Manen. The trustworthiness of the data was confirmed by using qualitative data evaluation criteria.
resultsDifferent themes and subthemes regarding the ideal age of marriage, attitudes toward marriage, reasons for early marriage, advantages and disadvantages of early marriage, and practice of early marriage in the community emerged from focus group discussions. Most participants identified early marriage as inappropriate social behavior that should not be practiced. Reasons for early marriage included poor economic status, protection of girls and boys, low educational level, and respect for old traditions of the community. Divorce and violence against women were the main disadvantages of early marriage.
conclusionThere is a generally negative attitude towards early marriage, and the practice's disadvantages and health and psychological consequences are well recognized in Iraqi Kurdistan Region. However, different social, traditional, economic, educational, and religious factors encourage early marriage in the region. Further research is recommended in other governorates in the area to have a more precise and representative idea about the topic.
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