According to the International Centre for Research on Women, girls who marry between the ages of 10 and 14 are five times as likely to die during pregnancy or childbirth as women are in their early 20s. Traditional leaders have now decided to take up the challenge and lobby their respective leaders to recognise the problem and deal with it accordingly.
The chiefs noted that certain traditional practices, poverty and lack of political will were the main drivers of the practice which has seen 70% of girls in Africa getting married before attaining the age of 18.
They agreed that in their areas they had at some point come face to face with the practice which some people used for their own selfish gains.
AROUND THE WORLD LET FATHER GOD RAISE UP THE BODY OF CHRIST (CHURCH) AND ISRAEL WITH HIS JEWISH NATION TOO IN THE UNITY!! (FROM BUDAPEST, HUNGARY) - TO ALL AROUND EARTH -
God Bless - Amen
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