Since the legalization of same-sex marriage (matrimonio igualitario) in Spain in 2005, the number of annual marriages between same-sex couples has remained relatively stable. With 5,108 marriages in 2019, compared to 4,313 in 2006. No one can marry her off to another after puberty without her express permission, whether the guardian is the father, the father`s father, or someone else. m3.15 No guardian may marry a girl to someone who is not suitable (def:m4) without her consent and the acceptance of all those who might be guardians (def:m3.7). [291] In Seoul, Korea, the legal age of marriage is 19 and the age of consent is 13. Previously, boys and girls could marry at the age of 14 with the permission of a judge. The move comes shortly after the country raised the age of consent from 13 to 16. However, in 2019, members of the Saudi Shura Council passed new regulations on child marriage, which will result in a ban on marriage for 15-year-olds and the need for judicial approval for those under 18. The chairman of the Human Rights Committee of the Shura Council, Dr. Hadi Al-Yami, said the controls introduced are based on in-depth studies submitted to the panel. Detailed information on who exactly is getting married at this young age is not available, said Ana Sastre of Save the Children in Spain.
« Some have pointed the finger at certain religious groups or gypsy communities in Spain, but it is unlikely that these groups will register these marriages with the state, » she said. « I`m not sure our assumptions match what`s actually happening on the ground. The government announced plans to change the laws more than two years ago, and since then, he said, the numbers have risen. In the first six months of 2014, four girls and four boys were married at age 14, while nine girls and eight boys were married at age 15. « We don`t know exactly what caused this increase, but it could have been in anticipation of the reforms adopted, » he added. In 2010, 158 countries reported 18 as the legal age for women to marry without parental consent or the consent of a competent authority. However, in 146 countries, State or customary law allows girls under the age of 18 to marry with the consent of their parents or other authorities; In 52 countries, girls under the age of 15 can marry with their parents` consent. In contrast, 18 is the legal age of marriage without consent for men in 180 countries.
In addition, in 105 countries, boys can marry with the consent of a parent or competent authority, and in 23 countries, boys under the age of 15 can marry with parental consent. In late antiquity, men and women had to be married into adolescence at the age of 20. [273] The rabbis estimated the age of maturity from the beginning of the thirteenth year in women and the beginning of the fourteenth year in men. [274] The minimum age of marriage was 13 for men and 12 for women, but formal engagements could and often did take place before. The Talmud advises men to marry at the age of 18 or between the ages of 16 and 24. [280] The marriageable age (or age of marriage) is the general age, adulthood or minimum age subject to parental, religious or other forms of social recognition, beyond which a person can legally marry. The age and other requirements for contracting marriage vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but in the vast majority of jurisdictions, the age of marriage is established as the right to the age of majority. Yet most jurisdictions allow marriage at a younger age with parental or court approval, and some also allow teenagers to marry if the woman is pregnant. The age of marriage is most often 18, but there are differences, some higher and some smaller. The age of marriage should not be confused with the age of majority or the age of consent, although they may be the same in many places. Reforms to the age of sexual consent became a national debate in 2012 after the death of a 13-year-old girl at the hands of her 39-year-old lover in the small village of El Salobral, near Albacete. The girl`s parents had alerted authorities to the relationship, but police said they could not intervene because the relationship was legal and consensual.
[16] Community studies have confirmed that in England in the late Middle Ages, women sometimes married without parental consent. [17] The Dharmaśāstras state that women cannot marry until they have reached puberty. However, there is no fixed age in Hinduism, as the religion is not subject to any institution.