50 Percent Marriage of Children Divorced After One Year Marriage
during a press conference of the Indonesian Women's Coalition for Justice and Democracy, "Women Who Protected Girls from Child Marriage Practices" is tough. "According to BPS data in 2015 alone, one in five married women at the age of 20-24 make their first marriage before the age of 18 years.
While in the last five years, in 2012, recorded the highest number, there are 984,814 girls who become victims of child marriage practices.
Zumratin said the marriage of children in Indonesia can not be separated from various factors, including interpretation of religion, poverty, culture, and pregnancy out of wedlock.
But he highlights other impacts of the risk of vulnerability to undeniable rearing, such as maternal mortality and cervical cancer.
"It's a very high number because they've had too early sex, at the age of 15," Zumratin said.
In addition, he said it is aggravated by the age of pregnancy is too early, ie at the age of 16-17 years but still do not have quality work. If this is being encouraged, then what happens is a demographic disaster.
"50 percent will be divorced after one year Why, because the mother's parents have increased the burden of grandchildren, this adds to the cycle of poverty,"