NAIROBI, Nov 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The number of child brides in Africa will more than double by 2050 if current trends persist because of rapid population growth and limited social change ...
A new report by UNICEF warns that the number of child brides in Africa could more than double to 310 million in the next 35 years. Though the rates of child marriage are on the decline in most parts ...
A new law in the West African country of Sierra Leone allows child brides to annul their marriages and be financially compensated. By Amelia Nierenberg The president of the small West African country ...
LUCHENZA, Malawi, Nov 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Memory Chitsulo was still in school in Malawi she married a man a decade older. But her husband soon left for South Africa, abandoning her ...
Sierra Leone officially banned child marriage on Tuesday with President Julius Maada Bio signing into law a bill to end the practice that remains widespread. Advocates hope the new legislation will ...
The head of the UNs AIDS agency on Monday urged African countries to protect young women and children who are bearing the brunt of the continents AIDS epidemic. A sharp rise of people living with the ...
Headlines are sprouting up everywhere about new court cases that may endanger Roe v Wade. But abortion is not the only issue that is critical to female control of their bodies. We tend to think about ...
Sierra Leone officially banned child marriage on Tuesday with President Julius Maada Bio signing into law a bill to end the practice that remains widespread. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...
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