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[afrocarpus] Good News in Africa: Gambia bans child marriage

 

·      Gambia bans child marriage with 20 year jail terms as country tries to tackle practice that sees a third of women married before they are 18

·      President Yahya Jammeh warned the legislation could spark a backlash
·      Husbands and parents of any girl who gets married will face 20 years in jail
·      Anyone aware of a child marriage and doesn't report it could face 10 years
·      Nearly a tenth of women in Gambia were married before they turned 15 

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