Child Marriage
4 Mar
Piqued at the rate at which girls are married off early because of poverty, Save the Children International (SCI) has advocated the creation of a national movement to end child marriage and to send all girls back to school. According to them, child marriage is one of the most grievous forms of violence against girls and a form…
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The Bayelsa Government has invited parents of a four-year-old girl and the 54-year-old man allegedly involved in a marriage in Akeddei community in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state.
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