Tanzania: Review Marriage Legislation Now, Activists Tell Authorities

Dar es Salaam — Gender activists have reiterated the need for the government to hear the public call to review the Marriage Act of 1971 which allows girls as young as 14-year-old to marry with parental consent, saying it frustrates the war against child marriages and gender-based violence.

According to them, the law contradicts the effective implementation of the Child Act of 2009, which is a basic national child protection tool.

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