SWAZILAND: Child Marriages Banned MBABANE, September 2012 (PlusNews) - The practice of men marrying underage girls - which has been an accepted social norm for centuries but has been linked in recent years to the spread of HIV - was recently declared illegal in Swaziland. Known in SiSwati as ‘kwendizisa’, the marriage of an adult man to an underage girl was considered a legal “grey area” prior to the promulgation of the Children’s Protection and Welfare Act of 2012. According to the … [Read more...]
SWAZILAND – ‘Kwendizisa’, Child Marriages Banned ~~ Celebrate
September 21, 2012 by Team Celebration
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