article_snippet: However the same Constitution defines children as those aged 16 and below.
article_snippet: the United Nations the United Nations defines children as those aged 18 and below and
article_snippet: so to that extent the same Constitution does not comply with international standards on definitions of childhood.
article_snippet: the same Constitution also allows marriages of persons aged 18 and below and the same Constitution does not have a cut-off point where marriage is actually prohibited.
article_snippet: Among other things, Law prohibits marriage for anybody below the age of 18.
article_snippet: The spanner in the works is that since the Constitution allows marriage below the age of 18, the new law to the extent that the works prohibits child marriage is invalid.
article_snippet: So until the Constitution changes and recognizes children as those aged 18 and above, and therefore puts marriage age at 18 giving many girls the opportunity to go to school and get educated, I will remain sad as I was 15 years ago. '