The Marriage, Divorce, and Family Relations Bill (Marriage Age)

Brief Description

The Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations law will address the issues of child marriages in Malawi, as it raises the age of marriage to 18 years old.  Further, the law will protect women, young, old and the girl child, against any form of abuse or violence-emotional, physical or otherwise-that are related to marriage, sexual relations and family. It will also hold those parents, who marry their children off below the age of 18, accountable to the law and ensure their prosecution.