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Influence of forced child marriage and domestic violence on mental health and well-being. Conflict of traditions and rights of Roma children Cover

Influence of forced child marriage and domestic violence on mental health and well-being. Conflict of traditions and rights of Roma children

Open Access
|Oct 2020

Abstract

Domestic violence in forced child marriage can have impact on mental health and well-being of an adolescent. However, mental health problems are discussed less often than other negative consequences forced child marriage can cause. Although there are several international conventions, appropriate domestic law and active administrative bodies and NGOs embodying the strategies for protecting children, women and human rights, all these tools seem to be inefficient to protect children in a community practicing traditions which violate children’s rights. Article maps the available legal tools and analyses their application in European practice discussing whether these tools are effective enough to protect Roma children from domestic violence in forced child marriage and ensure their mental well-being.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/iclr-2020-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2464-6601 | Journal ISSN: 12138770
Language: English
Page range: 58 - 76
Published on: Oct 14, 2020
Published by: Palacký University Olomouc
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2020 Kristi Joamets, Melita Sogomonjan, published by Palacký University Olomouc
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.