Why mored education is needed to fight forced marriages in Tanzania
All children need to be protected against ‘bad’ cultural and customary practices. One of the evils that need to be fought, particularly through the provision of education, is forced or early marriage. PHOTO | FILE
Forced marriage is completely not only illegal but evil as well. Although forced marriage in most cases involves girls below the age of 18 but sometimes it happens to those above 18 years. In the two scenarios, most of the time it’s a girl child on the receiving end (a victim).