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Malawi: Forced Sex Camps 'Hurt Girls As Much As Child Marriage'
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 17 April 2015
The custom in Malawi of sending girls to sexual initiation camps is just as harmful as child marriage and must end if the nation is serious about protecting girls' rights, a… Read more »
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Malawi: Teenage Girls in Southern Malawi Reject 'Sexual Cleansing'
Malawi24, 19 September 2014
Harmful traditions persist in rural Malawi that can expose girls to unwanted pregnancy and HIV infection. Read more »
Malawi: Forced Sex Camps 'Hurt Girls As Much As Child Marriage'
A young woman, who managed to avoid becoming a child bride with the support of her aunt, says the tradition of early sexual initiation is forcing girls to have sex and exposing them to the risk of HIV infection.
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The law bans child marriages, raising the legal age to wed to 18, in a country where half of its girls become child brides. Read more »
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President Joyce Banda has been urged to address child marriage in a country where one in two girls marries before the age of 18 due to widespread poverty and a lack of ... Read more »
