Niue
Region: East Asia and Pacific
Prevalence rates
Child marriage by 15
Child marriage by 18
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Other key stats
| Are there Girls Not Brides members? | 1 |
| Does this country have a national strategy or plan? | No |
| Is there a Girls Not Brides National Partnership or coalition? | No |
| Age of marriage without consent or exceptions taken into account | Minimum legal age of marriage below 18 years, taking into account any exceptions |
What's the prevalence rate?
There is no publicly available government data on child marriage in Niue
What drives child marriage in Niue?
Child marriage is driven by gender inequality and the belief that women and girls are somehow inferior to men and boys.
There is very limited information on child marriage in Nieu.
What international, regional and national commitments has Niue made?
Niue is an overseas territory of New Zealand. Nieu is a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of the Child since 1995 and has acceded the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), through New Zealand’s accession.
What is the minimum legal framework around marriage?
Under the Family Law Code 2007, the legal minimum age of marriage is 15 for girls and 18 for boys.
Data sources
- UNICEF, Situation analysis of children in Niue, 2017, https://www.unicef.org/pacificislands/media/1176/file/Situation-Analysis-of-Children-Niue.pdf (accessed May 2024).