"I've never experienced happiness" : child marriage in Malawi / [Agnes Odhiambo].

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"One out of two girls in Malawi will be married by her eighteenth birthday. Some are as young as 9 or 10 when they are married. Child marriage violates the rights of girls and women. It increases Malawi's high levels of poverty, illiteracy, and maternal mortality. It widens marked gender gaps in edu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Odhiambo, Agnes (Author)
Corporate Author:	Human Rights Watch (Organization) (Issuing body)
Language:	English
Published:	[New York, N.Y.] : Human Rights Watch, 2014.
Subjects:	Child marriage > Malawi. Girls > Legal status, laws, etc. > Malawi. Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Malawi. Women's rights > Malawi. Girls > Malawi > Social conditions. Women > Malawi > Social conditions.
Physical Description:	ii, 68 pages : color map ; 27 cm Also issued online.
Variant Title:	Child marriage in Malawi. Malawi : "I've never experienced happiness" [Spine title]
Format:	Book

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