UNDERAGE MARRIAGE by Robi'atul Adawiyah

UNDERAGE MARRIAGE

Do you know?

In Indonesia there is a law that organizes about married. Based on that law, which is said, that if we want to get married, our own age must be 17 years old minimally, but in the reality there are many cases about underage marriage, like case SYEKH PUJI who got married with the girl (MARIA ULFA) who was still underage. Like this case, I think it also happens in many places in Indonesia.

Where is it?

Underage marriage still more happens in my hometown, in Rembang Regency, especially in my village ( in Bulu hamlet ). There are many girls who are still underage had got married with older man than them in Bulu hamlet. Their own age about 12-13 years old. When they graduated from elementary school , they are gotten married by their parents with the older man than them. Sometimes they are gotten married with the older man who is not loved by them. They just do what their parents want, so they get married without love.

Why it can be happened?

There are many possibilities, why the girls in Bulu hamlet do underage married.

1. Parents force
2. Wealth
3. To help out their parents burden
4. Their education stop
5. Environmental influence

I disagree with this case, why?

We know that they are still young, their age are still 12-13 years old , if they do underage marriage and they make sexual activity with their husband, it isn’t good for their sexual reproduction.

Based on healthy research, if sexual activity is done by young couple ( under 17 years old) it can give bad effects to their health, like cancer. So, it is very dangerous for their sexual reproduction.

Solution

In Indonesia, a law should really organizes about married, must be focused about  parameters of the age that explain the suitable age of human who can get married ( minimal 17 years old). If there are people don’t obey or break of this law, they will be given a punishment by government, like jail punishment.This punishment not just for the people who doing get married, but also for their parents or someone who force their children or their sister to get married.

Probably, from this punishment can give their parents an intimidated effect, so their children will not do underage marriage again.