June 2025: Child marriage: root causes and questions of recognition
On 5 June 2025 Leontine Bruijnen will be defending her PhD on How can private international law bridge the gap between the recognition of unknown family relations such as kafala and child marriage for family law and migration law purposes?
At this occasion, we will have an expert seminar on Child marriage: root causes and questions of recognition
- 11.00: Welcome and introduction by Thalia Kruger, University of Antwerp
- 11.10: The Role of Customs and Traditions in Addressing Child Marriages in Tanzania: A Human Rights-Based Approach, by Esther Kayamba, Mzumbe University and University of Antwerp
- 11.25: The link between climate change and child marriage in Tanzania, by Agripina Mbilinyi, Mzumbe University and University of Antwerp
- 11.40: Framings used to Translate and Contextualize Global Norms on Child Marriage: The Case of Two Kebeles, Quarit Wereda, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, by Yitaktu Tibetu, Human Rights Lawer, Senior Gender Adviser and councillor psychologist
- 12.00: Perspective from Europe by Bettina Heiderhoff, University of Münster and Trui Daem, PhD researcher Ghent University
- 12.20: Debate and Q&A
- 12.50: End