Activities of María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT related to 2017/2275(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Towards an EU external strategy against early and forced marriages (debate) ES
Amendments (2)
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, to date, more than 700 million girls and 150 million boys have married before the age of 18, of whom 250 million and 33 million boys were married before the age of 15; whereas early and forced marriages are more frequent in poor, under-developed regions; whereas the number of early and forced marriages is increasing as the global population grows, according to a recent UNICEF report which estimates that in 2050 around 1.2 billion girls will have married before the age of 18;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas early and forced marriages very often deprive the persons concerned of the possibility to continue their studies; whereas education is an effective way of preventing early and forced marriage, allowing girls and boys to free themselves from any form of control adversely affecting their rights;