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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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| 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 |