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Monday 12 October 2015

Right To A Happy Childhood

In June 2015, Senior Chief Inkosi Kachindamoto annulled 330 customary marriages – of which 175 were girl wives and 155 were boy fathers – in Dedza district, in the Central Region of Malawi.

The objective was to encourage these youth to return to school, and continue a healthy childhood, UN Women reports. Bernadetta Matison, 17, was among them. Married at 15, she became pregnant the same year. "I dropped out of school because I got pregnant," she said. "I’ve seen the evils of getting married at a young age.


Good job sir. 
You won't believe that this still happens in most countries, even Nigeria.
Every child has a right to a happy childhood. Early marriage is not the solution to poverty. This has to stop.

Change!!! 



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