Sierra Leone: Historic bill to end child marriage passed - sustained efforts to raise community awareness must now follow

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Sierra Leone: Historic bill to end child marriage passed - sustained efforts to raise community awareness must now follow
Abstract
Reacting to the signing into law of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2024 on 2 July by President Julius Maada Bio, Samira Daoud, Amnesty International Regional Director for West and Central Africa, said: “We welcome this historic law banning child marriage in Sierra Leone. This legislation, in criminalizing marriage for anyone under the age […]
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Amnesty International
Date
03/07/2024, 15:45
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Sierra Leone
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30/08/2024, 18:18
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en
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Amnesty International. (2024, July 3). Sierra Leone: Historic bill to end child marriage passed - sustained efforts to raise community awareness must now follow. Amnesty International. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/07/sierra-leone-historic-bill-to-end-child-marriage-passed-sustained-efforts-to-raise-community-awareness-must-now-follow/