汤加将法定结婚年龄提高到18岁,禁止童婚,并符合全球权利标准。 Tonga raises legal marriage age to 18, banning child marriage, aligning with global rights standards.

汤加已将其法定结婚年龄提高到18岁,立即生效,终止了以前对15岁以下儿童经父母同意结婚的津贴。 Tonga has raised its legal marriage age to 18, effective immediately, ending the previous allowance for children as young as 15 to marry with parental consent. 该变化是《2025年民事登记和数字识别法》的一部分,是在妇女和儿童危机中心提出倡议后作出的,其中提到女童的教育和保健面临风险。 The change, part of the Civil Registration & Digital Identification Act 2025, follows advocacy from the Women and Children Crisis Centre, which cited risks to girls’ education and health. 这项改革使汤加符合国际人权标准,包括《儿童权利公约》。 The reform aligns Tonga with international human rights standards, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child. 在斐济举行的太平洋儿童福利首脑会议上,拯救儿童联盟和儿童基金会官员敦促开展区域合作,打击普遍存在的虐待和忽视儿童现象,并希望其他太平洋国家将仿效汤加的榜样。 Save the Children and UNICEF officials at the Pacific Child Wellbeing Summit in Fiji urged regional cooperation to combat widespread child abuse and neglect, with hopes that other Pacific nations will follow Tonga’s lead.