Child marriage has never been a cultural practice. Not at any given time. It was and is still a product of poverty, where young girls are...
At 9, Younis was forced to marry a man 69 years her senior in accordance with the Samburu tradition. She fled the man and found shelter...
Child marriage is still a huge problem in many African countries, with young girls in particular losing their futures as they are forced to drop out...
A female traditional leader in the southern African nation of Malawi has confronted the practice of child marriage by annulling 300 of these marriages and sending...
The government of Malawi has passed legislation which outlaws child marriage and lifts the legal age for a girl to be married to 18
