Members of the Zimbabwe Women Parliamentary Caucus attended a high-level policy dialogue workshop yesterday on the alignment of the SADC model law on child marriages.
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Some of the key things which were mentioned related to the continued rise of Child marriage which remain a problem in Southern Africa due to a variety of factors which include:
- Poverty,
- Gender inequality,
- Tradition,
- Insecurity,
- Limited education, and
- Lack of adequate legal frameworks in the member states, most of which are inconsistent.
In at least five countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), almost 40% of children are married before they are 18 years of age.
34% of girls in Zimbabwe are married before the age of 18 and 5% are married before their 15th birthday.
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