Sat, 20 Jan 2018 09:33:58 +0000 KUDOS TO GOVERNMENT ON REDUCTION OF GIRL CHILD MARRIAGES Dear Editor, CHILD marriage is criminalised in Zambia. This means that it is an offence for a child to be married off either by consent or otherwise. The legal age requirement for a person to be married in Zambia is 20 years and above. I don’t know with other countries Any person who enters the matrimonial relationship or getting married below the age limit is deemed to have committed an offence of child marriage. Girls are the main victims of child marriage. Boys are not exempted in this predicament either. Some boys are coerced by their parents to marry even before attaining the marriage age. However, cases of child marriage are more prevalent in rural areas than in urban areas. Some parents and guardians alike marry off school going girl children for financial and material gain. Of course there could […]
