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Rights Groups in Zimbabwe Hope New Law Will End Child Marriages


Rights Groups in Zimbabwe Hope New Law Will End Child Marriages
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Authorities in Zimbabwe say more than one third of girls in the country are married before the age of 18, and in some areas more than half are minors. Rights advocates are lauding a new law that criminalizes child marriage in Zimbabwe for that first time. Columbus Mavhunga reports

Authorities in Zimbabwe say more than one third of girls in the country are married before the age of 18, and in some areas more than half are minors. Rights advocates are lauding a new law that criminalizes child marriage in Zimbabwe for that first time. Columbus Mavhunga reports from Mbire, Zimbabwe. Camera - Blessing Chigwenhembe.

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