Objectives
Malawi is among the top 20 countries in the world – and top 10 in Africa – with the highest rates of child marriage (UNICEF Global Databases, 2019). It is a centuries-old practice deeply rooted in local culture, especially in less urbanized areas of the country.
But despite of being a long-standing tradition, child marriage strongly compromises the development of girls.
Therefore, our goal was to create a solution to the problem following two premises: first, to not openly judge or step in local cultural context with a view from the outside; and second, as a consequence, to not...