Name: A warrior’s cry against child marriage
Uploaded: 2015-07-07T15:06:06Z
Duration: 12 min 28 s
Description: ළමා විවාහ වලට එරෙහිව මෙමොරි බන්දා ගෙනගිය සටන.

ළමා විවාහ වලට එරෙහිව මෙමොරි බන්දා ගෙනගිය සටන.

A warrior’s cry against child marriage

Standing up to decades-old customs, young women in Malawi demanded the right to choose when and if to marry. In one family, a girl’s refusal to attend an initiation camp—where her 11-year-old sister became pregnant—sparked a movement. Rallying others, they changed local laws and inspired national reform, raising the legal marriage age from 15 to 18. Their fight shows that empowered voices can overturn deeply rooted injustice and offer hope to millions.

Girls Defy Tradition And Rewrite The Rules On Child Marriage

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