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Tanzania & Gambia ban child marriage, set 18 as the minimum age for marriage

Henceforth, it is illegal for girls and boys who are younger than 18 to marry in Tanzania and Gambia as both countries have outlawed child marriage. In a landmark decision, the Tanzanian High Court on Friday, July 8, ruled in favour of protecting girls from the harms of early marriage.

The court ruled unconstitutional section 13 and 17 of the 1971 Tanzania Law of Marriage Act, which allows girls to marry at age 15 with parental permission and at age 14 with the permission of a court.

In Tanzania, where the rate of child marriage is around 37 per cent - one of the highest in the world - the move represents a "critical step forward" according to Human Rights Watch. In Gambia, where around 30 per cent of girls are married underage, President Yahya Jammeh announced on Wednesday, July 6:
 "As from today, child marriage below 18 years is illegal in the Gambia…If you want to know whether what I am saying is true or not, try it tomorrow and see." 
 His wife, Madam Zineb Jammeh, has also voiced her strong support for banning child marriage.
"We can't afford to allow child marriage to hold back our beautiful girls any longer," she said in June. "Eliminating child marriages should be our priority, to allow young girls to develop and contribute to development."
at 7/10/2016 10:26:00 am

37 comments:

  1. Unknown10 July 2016 at 10:28

    Is a good innovation

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  2. Olaaliu10 July 2016 at 10:28

    Good to know

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  3. NaijaStore10 July 2016 at 10:29

    Goodnews!

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  4. Unknown10 July 2016 at 10:36

    Very good

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  5. Unknown10 July 2016 at 10:36

    THAT 18 IS STILL VERY BAD.







    AUNTY LINDA 👩

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  6. Unknown10 July 2016 at 10:45

    Good and perfect one.
    What a great move.
    Muslims has turn this world upside down with their godfosaken religion.imaging seeing a 80 year old man having 10 year child as his wife.
    AM SURE THAT THEY ISLAMIC COUNTRY RIGHT? PLEASE HAUSAS SHOULD TELL IF THE BLOOD KORAN THESE COUNTRIES ARE READING IS DIFFERENT FROM THEIR OWN?
    SHAMELESS PEOPLE JUSTIFYING THEIR USELESS STICKING TERRORISM LIFE WITH WHAT KORAN SAY IF U SAY THE SAME IN NIGERIA ONE SHAMELESS OLD PEDOPHILE HAUSA MAN WILL SAY THAT IS AGAINST THEIR RELIGION AS IF THEIR RELIGION IS GOOD.
















    #sad indeed

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    1. Anonymous10 July 2016 at 18:25

      Bro, Gambia is an Islamic nation and Tanzania also has large population of muslims.

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  7. Unknown10 July 2016 at 10:45

    Now you people are making positive policies pls let Hausas emulate them

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  8. Unknown10 July 2016 at 10:46

    Good and perfect one.
    What a great move.
    Muslims has turn this world upside down with their godfosaken religion.imaging seeing a 80 year old man having 10 year child as his wife.
    AM SURE THAT THEY ISLAMIC COUNTRY RIGHT? PLEASE HAUSAS SHOULD TELL IF THE BLOOD KORAN THESE COUNTRIES ARE READING IS DIFFERENT FROM THEIR OWN?
    SHAMELESS PEOPLE JUSTIFYING THEIR USELESS STICKING TERRORISM LIFE WITH WHAT KORAN SAY IF U SAY THE SAME IN NIGERIA ONE SHAMELESS OLD PEDOPHILE HAUSA MAN WILL SAY THAT IS AGAINST THEIR RELIGION AS IF THEIR RELIGION IS GOOD.
















    #sad indeed

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    1. Unknown10 July 2016 at 14:38

      U go first type with small letters, den complete am wit capital letters, den ur grammatical errors, incorrect spellings and Muslim cause cause go jst dey giv person headache

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  9. Hessaawards2019.com10 July 2016 at 10:53

    Good move!! Seems they have 'Received Sense'

    Na me talk am!

    Long Live Lib!!!

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  10. Unknown10 July 2016 at 10:55

    Very good development
    Thumbs up 2 dem




    Linda don't take note!

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  11. Unknown10 July 2016 at 10:56

    Good law
    -D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds

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  12. candice d celebrity10 July 2016 at 11:06

    Nice one.

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  13. Unknown10 July 2016 at 11:21

    That's very good,naija will not do same here

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  14. Unknown10 July 2016 at 11:31

    Good development

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  15. Unknown10 July 2016 at 11:31

    Nigeria were are u,backwoard country

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  16. Unknown10 July 2016 at 11:34

    Nigeria, what are we still waiting for?

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  17. Anonymous10 July 2016 at 11:44

    "If you want to know whether what I am saying is true or not, try it tomorrow and see."

    This guy has a bad rhetoric. Very brutal in his way of talking. Lol.

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    1. Anonymous10 July 2016 at 12:11

      But I love him and his ways. Every leader especially in Africa must be stern when addressing and affirming the law. We can be stubborn in this part of the world.

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  18. OSINANL10 July 2016 at 11:47

    Good for them...

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  19. Unknown10 July 2016 at 11:51

    I trust jammeh,just try it and see what will happen.

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  20. Unknown10 July 2016 at 12:24

    Nigeria should take a cue, GEJ wanted to put up a law such as this, but the perverted muslims like Sanusi wouldn't allow him. Now we have an even superior infidel in the person of perverted muslim buhari, we can kiss the hope of a law like this in Nigeria, goodbye.

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    1. Anonymous10 July 2016 at 13:07

      Buhari will not ban both child marriage when he is marrying our girls off to boko haram. The way he was carrying the baby that the Chibok girl Amina delivered for her boko haram captor while ignoring the Amina was nauseating. Same Buhari that married off his student daughter to the nephew of PDP's Ali Modu Sherriff, known to be a sponsor of Boko Haram. Zahra sef don dey old for Buhari fulani herdsmen standards, he will soon dash her to one terrorist supporting politician as third or fourth wife. What type of backward devil of a president did Nigerians vote in? One chance

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  21. Unknown10 July 2016 at 12:28

    Gud one

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  22. NaijaDeltaBabe10 July 2016 at 13:02

    Fair enough


    ...merited happiness

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  23. Unknown10 July 2016 at 13:28

    Good one. I wish Nigeria can follow suit









    Lib addict#just passing#

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  24. Unknown10 July 2016 at 14:09

    Nigeria better follow suit oo
    VVF is really endemic in this country especially the Northern Nigeria





















    #proudnurse#

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  25. Unknown10 July 2016 at 14:15

    Mohammed (salawuwasallam) likes child pussy so he scam all of them to do so. Sensibly, is that right? Islam the highest problem devil gifted the world.

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  26. Anonymous10 July 2016 at 14:19

    Wow!! I love dis

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  27. Anonymous10 July 2016 at 15:14

    NIGERIA, SIT BACK GRAB YOUR POPCORN, WATCH AND SEE THESE TWO COUNTRY PROSPER.....

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  28. Unknown10 July 2016 at 16:12

    Welcome development Nigeria should emulate

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  29. Anonymous10 July 2016 at 16:43

    Fantastic!! And their pedophile counterparts in Nigeria will not take a cue o. Smh

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  30. Unknown10 July 2016 at 17:10

    Good one. Nigeria should take a cue. Linda take note!

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  31. Anonymous10 July 2016 at 20:02

    We need this in Nigeria. Yerima and co take note!

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  32. Unknown10 July 2016 at 21:33

    Which way Nigeria?

    Eva Da Diva...

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  33. Anonymous11 July 2016 at 16:23

    Gambia is officially a Muslim country. Wouldn't the rule of Islam prevail over the verdict of the court?

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