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Ending Gender-Based Violence

Eliminating Early and Forced Child Marriages

Ending Gender-Based Violence

Eliminating Early and Forced Child Marriages

Globally, an underaged girl is married every second, and it is estimated that over 700m girls are in child marriages. In response, the Government of Malawi amended the Republican Constitution to raise the marriage age to 18 years and defilement to 16 years of age.
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