Perceptions of minimum age at marriage laws and their enforcement: qualitative evidence from Malawi - Melnikas AJ, Mulauzi N, Mkandawire J, Amin S.

BACKGROUND: Child marriage in Malawi is a significant problem with 42.1% of women 20-24 married by age 18. In 2017 the Malawi government formalized legislation to make marriage under age 18 illegal; violators are subject to fines. While leveraging laws to ...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news