The role of the media in mindfulness of the social and educational consequences of early forced marriages
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Universidad de Granada
Materia
Child age marriages Child bride Children's rights Marriages in Mardin Education
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2023-03-03Referencia bibliográfica
Sinem Kasimoglu, Şükran Tekin (2023). The role of the media in mindfulness of the social and educa-tional consequences of early forced marriages.Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers,Vol. 14(1). 108-119[DOI: 10.47750/jett.2023.14.01.010]
Resumen
It is seen that the rate of women who are forced into marriage at a young age in Turkey is above the
average in the world. In this study, it is aimed to understand the current situation of child marriage,
which is a social problem, primarily through media tools and to propose solutions by making scientific
contributions to this issue. The province of Mardin, which is famous for being the subject of marriages
even in various TV series, has an average above Turkey in terms of child marriages. For this
reason, the research population is the province of Mardin. In-depth interview technique, which is one
of the qualitative research methods, was used in the research. Within the scope of the interview, indepth
interviews were conducted with 5 female participants and 2 local media employees. Openended
questions were asked to them and the subject was examined in depth. Research data were analyzed
by content analysis technique. As a result of the findings obtained as a result of the research, it
is remarked that women who are married at a young age are primarily banned from education life.
Three of the participants are illiterate. Besides, women who grow up as individuals deprived of their
own rights take a more passive role in business and social life. With the new media taking a wider
place in our lives, studies on forced marriages at a young age are coming to light. It can be said that
this issue, which was ignored in the traditional media, came back to the agenda of the society through
the new media and social media. Meanwhile, with the migration movement in recent years, the resettlement
of refugees in the country and their continued cultural and social life has brought the issue of
child marriages to the featured again. In the research, it can be said that this problem, which has regressed
with the media forming public opinion, has become visible again in recent years. Considering
the issue in terms of education, it was determined that children who were forced into marriage at a
youthful age fell before in education, couldn't be included in the compass of mandatory education,
and were deprived of their education life. Among the results that crop are the fact that girls, who
cannot make opinions about their lives on the way to getting an individual, are deprived of their right
to acquire a profession, assuming adult liabilities at an early age, and depriving them of their right to
live nonage.