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| Identifier: | 05ABUDHABI1153 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 05ABUDHABI1153 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Abu Dhabi |
| Created: | 2005-03-13 11:21:00 |
| Classification: | UNCLASSIFIED |
| Tags: | ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN TC |
| Redacted: | This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks. |
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Cable
Text:
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 01153
SIPDIS
CXABU:
ACTION: POL
INFO: PAO MEPI RSO AMB DCM P/M ECON
DISSEMINATION: POL
CHARGE: PROG
APPROVED: AMB:MSISON
DRAFTED: POL:RBASSIL
CLEARED: POL:JFMAYBURY PA: HOLSIN-WINDECKER
VZCZCADI492
RR RUEHC
DE RUEHAD #1153 0721121
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 131121Z MAR 05
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 8677
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 001153 SIPDIS STATE FOR G/IWI (L. KHADIAGALA) ALSO FOR DRL, NEA/PI, AND NEA/ARPI E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ECON, ELAB, PHUM, PGOV, SCUL, SOCI, KWMN, TC SUBJECT: CHILD MARRIAGE IN THE UAE REF: STATE 36341 POST CONSULTED WITH THE UAE GENERAL WOMEN'S UNION (GWU), A GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED UMBRELLA WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION, ABOUT THE ISSUE OF CHILD MARRIAGE. FOLLOWING ARE POST'S RESPONSES TO REFTEL QUESTIONS REGARDING CHILD MARRIAGE IN THE UAE: A) LEGAL AGE OF MARRIAGE: THE LEGAL AGE OF MARRIAGE IN THE UAE IS 18 YEARS FOR FEMALES AND 21 YEARS FOR MALES. THERE IS NO LOWER LEGAL AGE FOR MARRIAGE WITH PARENTAL CONSENT. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO GWU, UNDERAGE MARRIAGES TAKE PLACE, BUT THE DETERMINING FACTORS ARE THE MATURITY OF THE COUPLE AND PARENTAL CONSENT. B) EXTENSION OF PROBLEM: ACCORDING TO GWU, UNDERAGE MARRIAGE IN THE UAE IS CURRENTLY NOT DEEMED TO BE A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM, AS IT HAS CONSIDERABLY DECLINED DUE TO SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COUNTRY AND THE SPREAD OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. GWU STATED THAT "LATE" MARRIAGE IS NOW THE TREND IN THE UAE AND THAT WOMEN OFTEN WAIT UNTIL THEY FINISH COLLEGE. THREE DECADES AGO, UAE NATIONALS, ESPECIALLY WOMEN, DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO EDUCATION, AND ACCORDING TO AN EMBASSY CONTACT WHO IS A RESEARCHER AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, GIRLS THEN WERE MARRIED AT THE AGE OF 13 AND BOYS AT THE AGE OF 16. ACCORDING TO GWU, CHILD MARRIAGE HAS NEGATIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ON THE CHILD. THE PHYSICAL IMMATURITY OF GIRLS IS ALSO AN ADVERSE EFFECT. C) U.S.-FUNDED INITIATIVES: THERE ARE NO CURRENT U.S.-FUNDED INITIATIVES IN THE UAE THAT AIM TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE, OR ADDRESS THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS, OF CHILD MARRIAGE. GWU, THROUGH ITS AFFILIATED WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE EMIRATES, HAS ORGANIZED A NUMBER OF AWARENESS PROGRAMS ON THE ISSUE OF MARRIAGE, INCLUDING UNDERAGE MARRIAGE. THE UAE MARRIAGE FUND, AS WELL AS MATERNITY AND CHILD CENTERS, ALSO SPREAD AWARENESS ON THIS ISSUE. ANY U.S.-FUNDED INITIATIVE COULD BUILD ON THE EFFORTS ON THE GWU OR OTHER NGO'S. SISON
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