A Stain on Humanity: Child Mothers Below the Age of 10 Years

Year 2017, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 9 - 12, 28.08.2017

Erdal Özer , İsmail Birincioğlu , Halil İlhan Aydoğdu , Güven Seçkin Kırcı , Hasan Okumuş Mehmet Askay Zehra Aslan Aydoğdu Filiz Özer

https://doi.org/10.19127/mbsjohs.267178

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Objective: The concept
of child mothers includes individuals who have given birth below the age of 18
years. In this study, the subject is addressed of individuals who have given
birth at a much younger age (10 years and below).

Material and
methods: Studies were examined from different countries to examine the information
on the ages of cases, types of birth and by whom they had been made pregnant.

Results: The child
mothers had been made pregnant by the husband in 3 (3%) cases, by the
step-father in 11 (12%) cases, by a relative in 30 (32.4%) cases and by others
in 35 (37.8%) cases. In 29 caes (31.3%) the identity of the father was not
known.

Conclusion: This study
aimed to be a reminder of the need to overcome child abuse, which is masked by
the excuses of religion or tradition, by presenting a reminder of the reality
of ‘mothers below the age of 10 years’. Better identification and increased
awareness of child abuse will prevent the confusion of it with the historical
concept of child mother. By presenting a reminder of one of the greatest shames
of humanity in the last century, it is aimed to create an awareness against the
concept of child abuse and child bride/child mother.

Keywords

Child mothers, child abuse, pregnancies at a young

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