Estudo comparativo da prática das uniões prematuras entre as adolescentes da cidade de Maputo e do distrito da Manhiça (2017 - 2020)

Abstract

This research proposal entitled “Comparative Study of Union Practices Premature births among adolescents in the city of Maputo and the district of Manhiça (2017– 2020)” is inserted in the context of the work to culminate studies to obtain the degree of degree in Geography at Eduardo Mondlane University. The research project seeks carry out a comparative analysis of premature union practices among adolescents aged 10 to 16 years of age in the city of Maputo and those in the district of Manhiça. Data from the Demographic and Health Survey (IDS) indicate that Mozambique has one of the highest rates highest rates of premature unions in the world, affecting almost one in two girls, and it has the second highest rate in the East and Southern Africa subregion. About 48% of women in Mozambique aged between 20 and 24 have been married or been in a union before 18 years old and 14% before the age of 15 (IDS, 2011). The population of Mozambique is remarkably young, with 65% under 25 years of age and 46% under 15 years of age (UNFPA, 2017). Premature unions are one of the worst forms of violence against adolescents in Mozambique. More than half of girls marry before the legal age, that is, before 18 years. Although this form of marriage is illegal, its perpetrators are rarely brought to justice. justice. The Mozambican government has been concerned about the situation in recent decades (BASSIANO and LIMA, 2018) . The data indicate that in urban areas the relationship between the sexes is more balanced than in rural areas, where it is thought that such a difference is due, on the one hand, to the male emigration from rural areas to urban centers and neighboring countries. On the other hand, it is It is possible that adolescents were more affected by the armed conflict that devastated Mozambique for more than a decade and a half (UNFPA, 2017).