Government of North Macedonia commits to reducing child marriages to ZERO, by 2030
Commitment description:Government of North Macedonia commits to reducing child marriages to ZERO, by 2030, through:
- Harmonize Family Law in relation to the Criminal Code in order to explicitly ensure that the minimum age is 18 for a person to live in all forms of marital community,
- Develop Protocol for coordinated action of all relevant Ministries on prevention, education, identification and sanction of child marriages,
- Develop and implement campaigns that will sensitize public in the context of human rights in collaboration with CSOs,
- Develop and implement trainings for service providers on legislative changes and needed actions on child marriages, specific and crossover to their responsibilities,
- Create official data-base on the number of child marriages, track individual development and provide services for their care towards ensuring rights and well-being.
Modes of engagement:
- Change or creation of legislationHarmonize Family Law in relation to the Criminal Code in order to explicitly ensure that the minimum age is 18 for a person to live in all forms of marital community
- Programmatic action- Develop and implement trainings for service providers on legislative changes - Create official data-base on the number of child marriages
Address gender-based violence and the harmful practices of child, early and forced marriages and female genital mutilation(5) (a) Zero sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, including zero child, early and forced marriage, as well as zero female genital mutilation; and (b) Elimination of all forms of discrimination against all women and girls, in order to realize all individuals’ full socio-economic potential.
