Legislation passed by parliament removes all parental-consent provisions and special licences that previously enabled 16 and 17-year-olds to get married.<\/p>\n
Grenada has voted to raise the minimum legal marriage age from 16 to 18 without exceptions.<\/p>\n
The Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2025<\/a>, which amends Chapter 184 of the Marriage Act, was approved by Grenada\u2019s parliament on 6 November 2025. It removes all parental-consent provisions and special licences that previously enabled 16 and 17-year-olds to get married.<\/p>\n While presenting the bill, Senator the Hon. Seville Francis framed the reform as essential to protecting children, ensuring gender equity, and aligning Grenada\u2019s laws with international and regional human rights standards.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not sure that all Grenadian population realise that we were enabling child marriage for so long,” said Senator Francis, adding:<\/p>\n “This administration sees very fit to remove that to prioritise our children to be children; to ensure that the society we are living in is one worthy of living in.\u201d<\/p>\n Senator the Hon. Seville Francis<\/cite>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Senator Francis went on to highlight the well-documented consequences of child marriage \u2013 education disruption, economic dependency, and increased domestic abuse \u2013 and described the reform as a \u201cmoment of moral clarity and legislative courage\u201d that will empower young people to define their own paths.<\/p>\n\n
\u2018Moment of moral clarity\u2019<\/h2>\n