Malawi: Machinga VSO Join Efforts to Protect Girls From Early Marriages

Machinga — Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) has joined in the efforts of ending child marriages and teen pregnancies in Machinga through Gender Empowerment and Development for Enhancement of Rights (GENDER).

The project is being implemented following a base line survey which indicated that 51 percent of girls are married before reaching eighteen in the district.

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