Azerbaijan , Baku, June 21/ Trend /
In Kyrgyzstan, 14 percent of marriages are effected with under aged girls at the age of 14-17, 24.kg reported. These unions usually are not registered in registry office. It was stated at parliamentary hearings on amendments to Family and Criminal Code, the law "About freedom of religion and religious organizations."
According to vice-Speaker Bodosh Mamyrova, for the last 5 years the cases when 14 years old girls having got married give birth to a child became more frequent. "National Statistic Committee cites this data. The experts confirm that the tendency is given rise to inner migration and population ignorance," she said.
Bodosh Mamyrova added that it is necessary to improve legislation and prescribe punishment for the conclusion of marriage with under aged girls.
