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What I know for sure child marriage is a guarantee for poverty among girls in my country and I want it to end. No ifs or buts

— Seodi White

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In this country, to get ahead in life, to beat poverty, you need education

I was hoping to talk to women and not to kids or girls, as I don’t think they would understand much about inheritance

There is a belief that if she does not sleep with someone, the spirit of her dead husband will come and visit upon her and her family will be cursed

Girl-child marriages need to be prohibited tough the Constitution because they are a violation of every conceivable human right including the right to life, health, education, human dignity and development

My hero the law, save the girls,” I thought! Yet, I soon found out that this was a complex story

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