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 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 ...
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