Systematic scoping review of interventions to prevent and respond to child marriage across Africa: progress, gaps and priorities

ME Greene, M Siddiqi, TF Abularrage - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Despite the high prevalence of child marriage in Africa, little is known about the
current state of the evidence on interventions to prevent and respond to child marriage in the …

Reception of Marriage Age Limit in Marriage Law in Indonesia

R Bukido, C Haris, MAR Rosyadi… - … Jurnal Hukum Keluarga …, 2023 - jurnal.ar-raniry.ac.id
The determination of the age limit for marriage in the Marriage Law is controversial in
Indonesian society. This paper aims to analyze the response of public acceptance of the …

Leveraging unsupervised machine learning to examine Women's vulnerability to climate change

G Caruso, V Mueller, A Villacis - … Economic Perspectives and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We provide an application of machine learning to identify the distributional consequences of
climate change in Malawi. We compare climate impact estimates based on drought …

[HTML][HTML] Drivers of child marriage in specific settings of Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia–findings from the Yes I Do! baseline study

MC Kok, T Kakal, AB Kassegne, IM Hidayana… - BMC public health, 2023 - Springer
Background Child marriage persists in many countries and has severe impacts on health,
education, economic and social status of girls. Child marriage has many interlinked causes …

[HTML][HTML] Status of information, education, and communication as perceived by clients receiving antenatal care at Chiradzulu District Hospital in Malawi

GG Lungu, E Chodzaza, M Kamanga… - BMC Women's …, 2023 - Springer
Background Information, education, and communication is a strategy to spread awareness
through communication channels to a target audience to achieve a desired positive result …

Drivers of child marriages for girls: A prospective study in a low-income African setting

R Kidman, E Breton, J Mwera, A Zulu… - Global Public …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Child marriage has adverse consequences for young girls. Cross-sectional research has
highlighted several potential drivers of early marriage. We analyse drivers of child marriage …

“Then I will say that we have to marry each other”: A qualitative view of premarital pregnancy as a driver of child marriage in Malawi

AJ Melnikas, N Mulauzi, J Mkandawire, G Saul… - African Journal of …, 2022 - ajol.info
Child marriage is common in Malawi, with 42.1% of women ages 20-24 marrying before age
18. Although global research on child marriage has increased in recent years, the reasons …

[PDF][PDF] Malawians see gender-based violence as a top priority–and a criminal matter

JJ Chunga, R Nedi - 2022 - afrobarometer.org
Malawi is party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against
Women and has a set of laws and policies aimed at fighting gender-based violence (GBV) …

The Ideal Age For Marriage in The Compilation of Islamic Law (KHI) and Psychology

GL Indra, MY Al Arif, AQ Zaelani - Al-'Adalah, 2023 - ejournal.radenintan.ac.id
This article discusses the ideal age for marriage which is examined from the perspective of
Islamic law and psychology. The aim is to gain a broader understanding that can be used as …

[HTML][HTML] Community-based empowerment program to delay marriage: Results from the More Than Brides Alliance intervention in India, Malawi, Mali and Niger

AJ Melnikas, G Saul, M Chau, N Pandey, M Gueye… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The More Than Brides Alliance (MTBA) implemented an intervention in India, Malawi, Mali
and Niger from 2017 to 2020. The holistic community-based program included girls' clubs …