‘SA needs to do more to eliminate child marriages’

29 June 2015 - 16:48
By RDM News Wire

South Africa needs to do more to eliminate child marriages‚ according to the Centre for Child Law. The centre on Monday called for urgent legislative attention that strengthens provisions that protect children against harmful cultural practices; ensures a clear and harmonised minimum age of marriage; and clearly criminalises child and forced marriages.

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