Perceptions of minimum age at marriage laws and their enforcement: qualitative evidence from Malawi

BACKGROUND: Child marriage in Malawi is a significant problem with 42.1% of women 20–24 married by age 18. In 2017 the Malawi government formalized legislation to make marriage under age 18 illegal; violators are subject to fines. While leveraging laws to reduce child marriage is common, the enactme...

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Autores principales: Melnikas, Andrea J., Mulauzi, Nancy, Mkandawire, James, Amin, Sajeda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8268505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34238261
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11434-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8268505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34238261
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11434-z

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