The Norwegian Government has assured campaigners that they are still planning to raise the minimum age of marriage to 18. Currently, 16 and 17-year-olds can apply for special dispensation to marry, but a campaign led by teenagers in Norway has demanded the age be raised to 18 so as to make a point against child-marriages worldwide. “The fight against child marriage is very relevant and an important part of the agenda,” 15-year-old campaigner Ferdinand Aspaas told NRK. “We cannot condemn other countries that allow child marriage if we permit it ourselves,” fellow campaigner Agnes Nordvik, also 15, said to the broadcaster. The move comes amid debates all over Europe regarding the age of social media consent, with some countries such as France and Germany, setting it as high as 16, while others, such as Ireland, are intent on setting it at 13. In global culture, the age of sexual consent is an issue with one of this year’s Best Film Oscar nominees featuring a sexual relationship between a 17 year old minor and an older, 24 year old man. While the film did not win the Best Film category, it did win the Oscar for best adapted screenplay.