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KOMPAS/RIZA FATHONI

A number of teenagers play the Rangku Alu tradition game at the Gen Z Creativity Jamboree at state vocational high school SMKN 26, Rawamangun, Jakarta, Sunday (29/07/2018). The event, which was held in conjunction with the commemoration of the National Children\'s Day, promoted child-friendly schools, prevention of exploitation of children and child marriage, healthy internet and the handling of child victims of terrorism.

Over the last few days, public discourse has been highlighting the practice of child marriage in the country. The discourse was triggered by a Constitutional Court decision.

The Constitutional Court on Thursday (12/13/2018) issued a decision on the minimum marriageable age, regulated as 16 years for women and 19 years for men in Article 7, Paragraph (1) of Law No. 1/1974 on Marriage, did not comply with the Constitution. Its decision stated that minimum marriageable age for men and women were to be the same: 19 years. The House of Representatives (DPR) and the government have been given three years to change the article, after which time the Constitutional Court decision would appliy.

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