Posts Tagged: "child marriage"

Meet Malawi’s Female Chief Who Is Ending Child Marriage

by Rebecca Campbell » 12 May 2016 at 7:23 pm

In a country that has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world, Malawi has established a new law preventing child marriage, and Chief Theresa Kachindamoto of the Dedza district in the Central Region of Malawi is enforcing it with a serious passion. In the last three years, she has dismantled 850 […]

Child Marriage in Bangladesh

by Shannon Flynn » 14 September 2015 at 1:10 pm

Child marriage is a worldwide epidemic. It’s especially problematic in Bangladesh. Maybe, you’ve read the heartbreaking story about Nasoin Akhter, a 15-year-old girl from Bangladesh who was recently married to a 32-year-old man. Many girls in Bangladesh have similar stories. In fact, when it comes to rates of child marriage, Bangladesh ranks fourth in the […]