Preventing Child Marriage: The Role of Strategic Actors in South Kalimantan

Abstract

South Kalimantan Province is the province with the highest number of child marriage cases, according to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) in 2017 and 2019. This has resulted in various negative impacts, one of which is the high maternal mortality rate, as well as the low human development index (HDI) in the province, which is placed at the 22nd position from 34 provinces in Indonesia. This paper aims to examine various strategic actors who can prevent and reduce the practice of child marriage in South Kalimantan Province in three levels of analysis: the macro, mezzo, and micro levels. This paper seeks the relationship between the three aspects of structure, culture, and social processes at the three macro, mezzo, and micro levels, as the concept of analysis used to prevent child marriage practices from a child protection perspective and SRHR issues. This study uses a qualitative approach through in-depth interview methods to key policy makers and is supported by focus group discussions (FGD) to participants in discussions from various backgrounds, both government agencies, and non-governmental organizations concerned with the issue of child and women's protection in South Kalimantan Province.

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The Effectiveness of Child Protection Through Marriage Dispensation Policy in Maslāḥah Perspective

“…As well as research conducted by (Svanemyr et al, 2012) also explains the importance of preventing child marriage to build a better quality of life. Meanwhile, research (Susanti et al, 2021) shows that efforts to prevent child marriage need support or the role of the government in controlling child marriage. While the research focuses on child protection based on a legal perspective, as done by (Fahlevi, 2018) in his research focuses on child protection aspects of positive law or national law, which includes aspects of recognition and application of the principle of legal certainty.…”