Choosing to get married and on having equal rights
Updated: 30 September 2022
Manuela Leporesi
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Adolescents and youth have the right:
- To choose whether to stay unmarried or get married
- To decide whom to marry and when
- To experience marriage as an equal partner
- To enjoy the same rights in marriage as their spouse or partner
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