From Girls not Brides and Equality Now, Feb 17, 2015"In response to the experiences of countless girls like Alile and after many years of concerted national and international pressure, Malawi has just taken a huge leap forward for girls by introducing its Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations Bill, which sets the minimum age of marriage at 18.
18 is the agreed minimum age of marriage in international policy, reflected in Equality Now’s report on ‘Protecting the Girl Child – Using the law to end child, early and forced marriage and related human rights violations. This report calls on all governments to take a comprehensive approach to ending child marriage – including by amending discriminatory laws which allow for lower ages of marriage for females than for males."
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The report, "Protecting the Girl Child: Using the law to end child, early and forced marriage and related human rights violations."
