Ghana Ends Child Marriage
TWO YOUNG GIRLS CAMPAIGN AGAINST EARLY CHILD MARRIAGE THROUGH MUSIC
Two beautiful young girls of 7 and 5 years from the Northern Part of Ghana have hit the music industry with the release of an amazing single ‘Make You No Force Me, I Am Too Young OO,’ to create awareness against the embarrassing rate at which girls of school going age are married off by their parents, mostly to older men at their very tender ages.
The two upcoming music talents, Itihad and Nihad though young have begun an earnest was against early child marriage in the country with their music which many music lovers and child rights and child health advocates recommended so much as a theme song for campaigns against early child marriages in the country.
Although Ghana has made significant progress in eliminating the practice, Child Marriage still persists At the national level, 21 per cent of the girls between the ages of 20 and 24 years are married before they turned 18 years old (DHS 2014)
Research has established that this negative practice is inimical to child development because child and early marriage robs the young girl of the opportunity to be physically, psychologically, emotionally and financially ready for the responsibilities of marriage and childbearing.
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Source: ghanaweb.com
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