Malawi: End Widespread Child Marriage | Human Rights Watch

Malawi: End Widespread Child Marriage | Human Rights Watch

Photo of the Day: A 14-year-old girl from Malawi holds her baby at her
sister's home. She married in September 2013, but her husband chased her
away. Her 15-year-old sister, in the background, married when she was
12. Both sisters said they married to escape poverty.

Read more about child marriage in Malawi here: http://trib.al/bRqzaz4

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14-year-old girl holds her baby at her sister’s home in a village in
Kanduku, in Malawi’s Mwanza district. She married in September 2013, but
her husband chased her away. Her 15-year-old sister, in the background,
married when she was 12. Both sisters said they married to escape
poverty.