Somalia: Outrage As Somali Parliament Drafts Law Permitting Child, Forced Marriages

Nairobi/Garowe — The United Nations says the law, which would allow girls to be married as soon as they reach puberty, is "deeply flawed"

Somalia's parliament has sparked outrage by replacing long-awaited legislation to protect women and girls from violence with a new bill permitting child and forced marriage.

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