Need to strengthen propaganda and dissemination of Marriage and Family Law

(Baonghean.vn) - Lau Ba Bi in Ka Tren village (Na Ngoi - Ky Son) is considered a progressive man, who got married at the age of 20, saying: "It's too late for me to get married. My friends at this age already have several children." Ba Bi expressed regret that he got married late, so at the age of 20... he still doesn't have any children!

Teachers at Na Ngoi Boarding Secondary School have not forgotten the "teen" couple who were students at the school in the 2010-2011 school year, HBT and MYX. At that time, T was 14 years old and in 7th grade, while X was in 5th grade. After getting married, X continued to go to school, but in 7th grade she got pregnant and stopped, studying at home to give birth. Meanwhile, her "childish" husband HBT is currently in 8th grade at the District Boarding Secondary School in Muong Xen Town, 60 km from home.

The problem of child marriage among school-age children in mountainous areas does not only occur among the Mong and Kho Mu ethnic groups. The Thai people are considered more progressive, but child marriage is still quite common.

Teacher Nguyen Thi Thap, who teaches literature at Mai Son Secondary School (Tuong Duong), has been in the mountains since 2006. She can’t remember how many weddings she has witnessed of her students who were only 14 or 15 years old. Usually, when they are in 7th or 8th grade, boys already know how to “go xèo” (go out to find out). When they are in 8th or 9th grade, many girls start to think about marriage and children.

She said that to effectively mobilize to eliminate the problem that can be temporarily called "child marriage in schools" in the highland villages, it is necessary to have coordination between families, schools, especially the participation of village cadres. The bookcases of most highland communes have the Law on Marriage and Family. However, the book is rarely read and the only way the commune government applies it is to propagate and mobilize the people, but no case of child marriage has been officially handled according to the law.

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