Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Malawi: Outlawing Child Brides

Source: AllaAfrica
Date accessed: 3 February, 2015

Malawi, a place where women are disregarded and often given away as child brides, has now passed a bill to ban child marriage and raise the legal age to wed to 18. It has been reported that half of the girls become child brides, meaning half of the girls don't have a say in the rest of their lives. This new bill is working towards the creation of equal rights for women and men, something quite foreign to Malawi.


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