Zambia: Tackling Early Marriages in Masaiti District

TROBBY Mapulanga, 18, seems contented. She got married last year and has a five months old baby on her back. Her life revolves around drawing water from a near communal borehole in chief Chiwala's area in Masaiti district.

She was only 17 when she got married last year to a man who works as a general worker at an upcoming cement plant in the district. The girl, although has a desire to go back to school but she is not sure her husband would allow her. As things stand, she is trapped and the world may never know what she ought to become in life.

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