Child marriage is a major problem in many parts of the world, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, and this comes despite ...

child marriage and motherhood, violence and poverty – children in Niger are facing challenges no child should. Niger’s children need your help. 1 child in 12 dies before their 5th birthday, 12 times ...

Stereotypes around premarital sex also frequently force girls into early marriage. ALSO READ: 5 most dangerous countries in the world for women Niger has had the highest child marriage rate in the ...

She went back on that decision after reaching an agreement with the Speaker of the Niger State Assembly ... “I did not intend to stop the marriage but to ensure the girls are of marriageable ...

When I arrived, the court of the ”Kamsaogho Naaba”, Minister of the MOGHO NAABA, chief to the Mossi – the majority ethnic group in central Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, was already crowded ...

The Imams Forum of Niger have said that the marriage ceremony ... Some 12% of girls are married before their 15th birthday. Child marriages are most common in the northern part of the country ...