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Improving Girls' Rights in Early Marriage in the Indonesian Legal System

Halu Oleo Law Review (HOLREV) · Vol. 7 No. 2 (2023) · pp. 198–213

DOI
10.33561/holrev.v7i2.27
ISSN
2548-1754, 2548-1762
Published
2023-09-24
Publisher
Faculty of Law, Halu Oleo University
Language
eng
License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Abstract

Indonesia ranks 10th in the world of child marriage and second in Southeast Asia. The Indonesian government anticipated this by requiring the age of marriage to be 19 for girls, but in the reality, this regulation has not been effective in preventing it, as marriage of girls under 19 in Indonesia is a social problem, despite the detriment of girls. This is the reality, so it is necessary to conduct comprehensive research aimed at finding solutions to the problem of girl-child marriage. The rights of girls must be protected, especially the rights in marriage. This research is a type of legal sociology with an empirical approach. Looking for data on the fact that girls are getting married. The conceptual approach is based on the doctrine of the issue of girl-child marriage, and the normative approach is the study of norms for the protection of girls. Technical analysis is qualitative descriptive. The results showed that poverty, promiscuity, and cultural factors were the causes, as well as legal factors that were unable to prevent it due to the incompatibility of Article 7 paragraph (1) with paragraph (2) of the Indonesian Marriage Law, thus building a new concept of "Peace in the Protection of Women's Rights" as a new concept of thinking to overcome girl child marriage. The government should set up a multisectoral Independent Institute for the Prevention and Protection of Women's Rights, as an alternative to address the problem of underage girl marriage in Indonesia, to create a quality generation of the nation.

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Siti Muslimah SuciatiUniversitas Halu Oleo3
Endah WidyastutiUniversitas Halu Oleo3
Handrawan HandrawanUniversitas Halu Oleo2
Haris YusufUniversitas Halu Oleo2
Heryanti HeryantiUniversitas Halu Oleo2
Rahman HasimaUniversitas Halu Oleo2
HERMAN HERMANAffiliation unknown2
La Ode M. SulihinAffiliation unknown2
Zahrowati ZahrowatiUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Riswan Hanafyah HarahapAffiliation unknown1
La SensuUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Muhammad Sabaruddin SinapoyUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Jamaluddin JamaluddinAffiliation unknown1
Teguh PratiknyoAffiliation unknown1
Herman HermanAffiliation unknown1
Guswan HakimUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Jabalnur JabalnurUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Al Asgar KamaluddinAffiliation unknown1
Nuraeni NuraeniAffiliation unknown1
Oheo K. HarisAffiliation unknown1
Andi Yusuf SyahrirAffiliation unknown1
Idaman AlwiAffiliation unknown1

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Metadata source: OAI-PMH (metadata jurnal) https://holrev.uho.ac.id/index.php/journal/oai, first harvested 30 Okt 2026, last seen 1 Nov 2026.
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