Tag: Child Marriage
German Cabinet To Outlaw Child Marriages
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet agreed on Wednesday to a new draft law aimed at banning child marriages.
FG set to launch campaign to end child marriage
The Federal Government in Abuja on Monday announced plans to launch a campaign to end child marriage and other related…
Actress urges fight against child marriage
The prevalence of child abuse in the northern region of Nigeria can be addressed by concerted efforts of all in…
Nigeria has largest number of child brides in Africa
Nigeria is home to the largest number of child marriages in Africa, a report by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)…
AU’s summit to end child-marriage holds Nov.
The African Union (AU) on Monday said Zambian Government had offered to host a girls’ summit aimed at finding ways…
Child Marriage And The Day Of The African Child
By Bilikis Bakare While some people tag it adherence to age long religious tradition popular in a number of regions…
FG may seek death penalty against child marriage
A 14-year-old Nigerian girl accused of murdering her 35-year-old husband by putting rat poison in his food could face the…
Lebanon plans law to stem growing child marriage trend
At 13, Samiha left school and the home she shared with 10 people near Baalbek in eastern Lebanon to live…
Eradicating Vesico Vaginal Fistula
By Bilikis Bakare Although child marriage is against the law in many countries including Nigeria as international treaties forbid the…
‘Why I Killed My Husband, 3 Others With Rat Poison’
A child bride in Kano State, northwest Nigeria, has told the police why she killed her husband and three of…
Girl, 14, Rescued From Forced Marriage
Kazeem Ugbodaga A 14-year old girl from Niger Republic has been rescued after she was forcefully married to a Bureau…
Education of girls will end child marriage, says UNESCO
UNESCO marks the International Day of the Girl Child today, with mind-boggling statistics about the implications, in missed opportunities, for…
In Yemen, child marriage stirs death rumour and anger
It is not only in Nigeria that concern is growing about the practice of child marriage, it is also a…
Child Marriage And Nigeria’s Priority Agenda For Children
By Rasak Musbau Child marriage is a global scourge. Today, more than 67 million women from ages 20-24 were married…
Hunger Fuels Child Marriage In Niger
BY RUKMINI CALLIMACHI Zali Idy,12, from the remote village of Hawkantaki in Niger Republic was married in 2011. In January…