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Nigeria: Nigeria's 23 Million Child-Brides
This Day, 25 November 2019
It is time to address the menace of early marriages in the society Read more »
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Southern Africa: SADC - Escaping the Jaws of Child Marriage
The Herald, 21 November 2019
For decades, early child marriages have stuck out like a sore thumb in many African societies. Read more »
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Ghana: Ending Child Marriage, the Time Is Now
Ghanaian Times, 13 May 2019
The war against child marriage is still a herculean task because the practice is condoned by customary and religious laws in some countries. Read more »
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North Africa: Child Marriage - Still a Lot to Be Done
The Conversation Africa, 23 October 2019
This year about 12 million of the world's children will be married before they turn 18. UNICEF figures suggest about 18% of them will be boys and about 82% girls. Read more »
What African Countries Are Doing to End Child Marriage
Child marriage remains prevalent across the continent - mostly driven by gender inequality, poverty, patriarchal traditions and the precarious socio-economic position of women, especially in rural areas. But some progress is being made - and with the UN Children's Fund report on Nigeria having the second highest number of child brides in the world, allAfrica's publishing partners look at what is being done to stop this violation of human rights.
Role playing by participants in the Berhane Hewan project in Amhara, Ethiopia. The girls are highlighting how decisions, such as whom and when they will marry, are made about their lives without their consent (file photo).
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Zimbabwe: Govt Moves a Gear Up On Ending Child Marriages
263Chat, 18 June 2019
Buoyed by a slight decrease in child marriages last year, government has moved a gear up and is now engaging traditional leaders to speed up abolishment of the vice especially in… Read more »
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Tanzania: Victory Against Child Marriage in Tanzania
HRW, 25 October 2019
Girls and boys in Tanzania have cause to celebrate: child marriage is now illegal in the country. Read more »
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Niger: Standing Up for Themselves, Girls Refuse Child Marriage
VOA, 11 July 2019
Niger has one of the highest known child marriage rates in the world, with three out of four girls in this West African country married before age 18. But some girls are refusing… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria Has 23 Million Girls, Women Married as Children - UNICEF Official
Premium Times, 9 November 2019
Nigeria has the world's second-largest number of child brides, with 23 million girls married out as children thereby ending their educational strive, an official of the United… Read more »
InFocus
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"On average, women who have a secondary education are more likely to work and they earn twice as much as those with no education," experts say. Read more »
InFocus
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In light of a national campaign in Sierra Leone to reduce child marriages and teenage pregnancies, President Julius Maada Bio's has acknowledged that his government senselessly ... Read more »
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The Mozambican parliament has voted unanimously to criminalise child marriage, a bill that will impose hefty penalties on those found guilty of engaging in or promoting the ... Read more »
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In a landmark ruling, Tanzania's highest court has upheld a 2016 ruling that raised the minimum age of marriage to 18. Human rights analysts say the court's decision to uphold the ... Read more »
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While the Marriage Amendment Bill seeks to harmonise marriage laws and address harmful practices like forced marriages and child marriage, the document includes a ban on same-sex ... Read more »
