Social and cultural factors perpetuating early marriage in rural Gambia: an exploratory mixed methods study - Lowe M, Joof M, Rojas BM.

Background: Over the last two decades, early marriage in the Gambia declined significantly (from 58% to 30%). Yet evidence indicates that nearly 8.6% of marriages in the Gambia involved girls younger than 15, and 46.5% of marriages are with girls ag...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news