Child Marriage

Girl Calls Police and Stops Underage Marriage

August 02, 2019 9:14 AM

Mwanahamisi Abdallah, 15, avoided becoming a child bride in Tanzania by calling the police. Now she takes vocational classes in cooking and textile arts, and hopes to one day become a fashion designer.

Read more at https://d3q8eibjh3l8nc.cloudfront.net/child-marriage/english/region/tanzania.html

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