The European Parliament, the European Union's (EU) executive body, called on EU and non-EU countries to ban early and forced marriages in a resolution voted on Wednesday.
Some 556 members of the European Parliament voted in favor of the resolution, while 63 others voted against raising the minimum age of marriage to 18 in EU member states, urging the European bloc to introduce a legislative ban on early and forced marriages during a session in Strasbourg on Monday evening. The EU's executive body called upon the EU, in the context of its foreign and development cooperation policies, to require all its partners to ban early and forced marriages, while making sure that all necessary measures are taken to ensure that this ban is respected.
The resolution asks the European Commission to set up a European database, including information from non-EU countries, to monitor forced marriage.
It stresses that inequality, lack of respect for women and adhering to cultural and social traditions that promote discrimination against women are among the reasons behind early and forced marriages.
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