US embassy cable - 05BOGOTA2121

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CHILD MARRIAGE

Identifier: 05BOGOTA2121
Wikileaks: View 05BOGOTA2121 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Bogota
Created: 2005-03-04 16:32:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.


 
UNCLAS BOGOTA 002121 
 
SIPDIS 
 
G/IWI FOR L KHADIAGALA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON, ELAB, PHUM, PGOV, SCUL, SOCI, KWMN 
SUBJECT: CHILD MARRIAGE 
 
REF: SECSTATE 36341 
 
1. Per the Colombian Civil Code, the legal age of marriage in 
Colombia for both boys and girls is 18.  However, with 
parents' consent men of 14 and women of 12 can marry. 
 
2.  Underage marriage is not a problem in Colombia. 
 
3.  There are no U.S. funded intiatives in Colombia regarding 
child marriage. 
WOOD 

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