Name: Faith Mlombwa
School: St. Michael Girls Secondary School
In my country, Malawi, there have been so many reports of child
marriages. Though the government is putting much effort to stop this practice it doesn't seem to be helping as there are still child marriages happening in especially in rural areas.
This
is so because most parents there are poor and they not been civic educated on
importance of school. Because most girls are not being sent to school, they end up getting pregnant since they have nothing to do. When girls get pregnant, the parents to lose hope in
educating the girl child.
In some cases it seems parents
force their children to marriages although they are aware of the importance of
education, the main cause being poverty. Most parents marry off their
daughters to rich men so that they can receive aid from the husband.
I am therefore requesting the government to take a step on civic educating the rural areas the
importance of education and also to encourage girls to work hard in school
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