Early Marriages
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National
Female traditional leaders vow to end child marriage
By Joseph Scott: More than 100 female chiefs and initiators of rite of passage ceremonies from eight districts in Malawi…
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Trail of gloom as children trip into unhappy unions
By Alick Ponje: A frail girl wobbles out of a delivery ward at Lulanga Health Centre in Traditional Authority Makanjira…
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‘Cultural practices fuelling early marriages’
By Jarson Malowa, Contributor: Machinga District Commissioner, Bester Mandele, has cited cultural practices as one of the factors fuelling cases…
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Early marriages: The cog in our eyes
Young people— persons aged between 10 and 24 years—constitute more than one-third of Malawi’s total population. Today’s young people have…
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Ending early marriages, the chronicle of Edna
The thought of marrying at the tender age of 15 years never crossed Edna’s mind. Born in a family of…
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The curse of second wife
At first, she noticed a change in her father’s behaviour. His affection for her grew but her siblings did not…
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Ready for divorce at 14
At 13 years old, she was deemed ripe for marriage. She could not say no because her family life was…
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