In the past, parents get husbands for their girl children even before they are born.
Child marriage is a formal or informal union entered by an individual before reaching the age of 18.
For as long as we can remember, Child Marriages has been a major problem in many countries and the world at large.
Reviewing the statistics for sub-Saharan Africa, about 125milion girls get married before their 18th birthday.
In Africa, Niger having the highest Prevalence of 76%, while Algeria being among the least with 3%.
While many countries have put up laws to check child marriages, conditions like poverty, insecurity, tradition and culture; as marrying a virgin is regarded as prestigious, push underage children into marriages.
These children most of the times go ignorantly, not knowing what awaits them,
While others are forcefully taken to their new homes with threads of being disowned if they dare to leave their homes.
Gender inequality, Broken marriages, Infant mortality, Abuse of rights and depression, to name the few, are some of the effects or consequences of child marriages in Africa.
On Oct 24th 2007, Political leaders, activist, local chiefs and religious representatives from 27 countries in the Central and West African regions came together in Dakar, Senegal’s capital to discuss ways on ending child marriages in their respective countries. In a similar gathering, world leaders pledged to end Child marriages by 2030 but it seems to be an impossible mission as the rate of child marriages keep rising and it’s predicted that it would take about 100 years for it to be stopped at the current rate.
Edited By: Kongnso Joyce F
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