The Effect of Early Marriage on Women's Education in Mogadishu

Abstract The many reasons for early marriage have been brought to the researcher’s attention and have become an important matter to understand further. Early marriage is a complex issue in need of more research, in order to combat the problems and also prevent the occurrence. The international definition of early marriage, which is also to be used in the research, is either when one or both spouses entering marriage before the age of 1 8 (OHCHR, 1989). Today, about 14.2 million of early marriages occur every year.