Ï㽶ÊÓƵ News - Alissa Koski /channels/news_feeds/all/term/Alissa%20Koski/rss en Canadian study finds U.S. child marriages violate statutory rape laws in 14 states - CTV News, February 21, 2022 /channels/channels/news/canadian-study-finds-us-child-marriages-violate-statutory-rape-laws-14-states-ctv-news-february-21-337966 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A study led by Alissa Koski, Assistant Professor at the Institute for Health and Social Policy and the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health is featured by <em>CTV News. </em>Professor Koski also comments on the findings.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">25 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 25 Feb 2022 21:37:03 +0000 webfull 178264 at /channels Child marriages violating statutory rape laws in many U.S. states /channels/channels/news/child-marriages-violating-statutory-rape-laws-many-us-states-337728 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>In many U.S. states, children can legally marry at an earlier age than they can consent to sex, leading to situations where sex between spouses may be a criminal act. Some states exempt sex between married spouses from their definition of statutory rape, which may create perverse incentives for child marriage, according to researchers from Ï㽶ÊÓƵ.</p> <p>Their findings, published in the <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1054139X21005528"><i>Journal of Adolescent Health</i></a>, show that child marriages violated statutory rape laws in 14 states.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/sad-teen.jpg?itok=3jN2Nyc4" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">17 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 17 Feb 2022 14:48:57 +0000 webfull 178034 at /channels Child marriage is 'a hidden crime,' and it's happening in Western nations, says survivor and advocate - CBC, May 22, 2021 /channels/channels/news/child-marriage-hidden-crime-and-its-happening-western-nations-says-survivor-and-advocate-cbc-may-22-331197 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Dr. Alissa Koski, Assistant Professor at the Institute for Health and Social Policy and the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, is among the experts quoted by CBC.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">25 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 25 May 2021 14:15:03 +0000 webfull 170761 at /channels The Current for May 17, 2021 - Addressing child marriage in Canada - CBC Radio /channels/channels/news/current-may-17-2021-addressing-child-marriage-canada-cbc-radio-331146 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Dr. Alissa Koski, of the Institute for Health and Social Policy, and the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, discussed the state of child marriage in Canada on CBC Radio.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">20 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 20 May 2021 16:41:06 +0000 webfull 170701 at /channels Is Child Marriage a Problem in Canada? - TVO, February 9, 2021 /channels/channels/news/child-marriage-problem-canada-tvo-february-9-2021-328472 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Dr. Alissa Koski, of the Institute for Health and Social Policy, and the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, participates in a panel discussing the existence of child marriage in Canada.</p> <p><a href="https://www.tvo.org/video/is-child-marriage-a-problem-in-canada" target="_blank"><em>Listen to the segment</em></a></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">11 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 11 Feb 2021 15:24:26 +0000 webfull 167764 at /channels Child marriage is legal and persists across Canada /channels/channels/news/child-marriage-legal-and-persists-across-canada-327554 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Canada is at the forefront of global efforts to end child marriage abroad. Yet this practice remains legal and persists across the country. In Canada, more than 3,600 marriage certificates were issued to children, usually girls, under the age of 18 between 2000 and 2018, according to a <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/padr.12369">new study</a> from researchers at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. In recent years, an increasing number of child marriages have been common-law unions.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/child-marriage.jpg?itok=zKD9lvEo" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">8 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 08 Jan 2021 18:58:30 +0000 webfull 166745 at /channels Child marriage remains widespread in many countries of sub-Saharan Africa /channels/news/child-marriage-remains-widespread-many-countries-sub-saharan-africa-267005 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/carte_anglais.png?itok=rx0GUgAC" width="160" height="95" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">13 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 13 Mar 2017 21:03:24 +0000 webfull 126257 at /channels