14 year-old girl has been forced into marriage.

1/09/10

A 14 year-old girl has been forced into marriage, after her father received the bride price from the man who works in Illovo as a cane cutter in Chikhwawa.

This has been revealed during a meeting which was organized by Centre for Children’s Affairs Malawi together with Adolescent for Girls Literacy Project-AGLIT who are implementing a complementary basic education project in the area.

It is said that the girl is depressed that she is being forced by her father to accept the marriage that has been arranged by him.

The girl said a man only identified as Kondwani, expressed his interest to marry her through his mother.

Fearing for her life, a 14 year-old girl who is currently in standard five, accepted to take what she called Luphatho that included MK500 and a Chitenje as a sign of acceptance to marry the man.   

This comes on the sidelines that recently, the legislatures passed the bill of child care and protection that aims at protecting the rights of children in all forms of exploitation.