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Swazi Dispute Over Child Marriage Continues

The country's traditional leadership insist that child marriages are allowed under customary law despite the banning of such unions by modern courts.

  • Eswatini:   Dispute Over Child Marriage Continues

    UNIRIN, 29 January 2013

    The relief felt by health officials and activists several months ago at the apparent outlawing of child marriages now appears to have been premature, with Swaziland's traditional… Read more »

Siegfried Modola

The government announced it's intention to enforce the Child Protection and Welfare Act by prosecuting men who marry underage girls.

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