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Outcry as Somalia to Legalize Forced Child Marriage
The Somalian parliament is considering a bill that would allow child marriage once a girl’s sexual organs mature.
The new Sexual Intercourse Related Crimes Bill would allow forced marriage as long as the family gives their consent.
It marks a dramatic reworking of years of efforts to give more protections to women in one of the world’s most conservative countries.
The bill ‘would...
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