Unpacking the Effect of Child, Early and Forced Marriages, and Unions on Education Outcomes
by Andrew Pasipanodya, RYC Binga, Zimbabwe
Extract: ‘The cultural practices entrenched in gender inequality increase the vulnerability of women and girls causing risks of domestic violence, psychological and sexual violence, and sexually transmitted infections. Women are child marriage accomplices in Binga because if a married woman is barren or falls sick, the younger sister regardless of age, is forced into the union to save her sister’s marriage.’