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Young girls fetch water in Kasantha, northern Malawi which has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. Malawi recently passed a law banning child marriage, raising the minimum age to 18 in the southern African country where half of girls end up as child brides. Women rights campaigners hailed the move as {quote}a great day for Malawian girls{quote} and said the law would help boost development in one of the world's poorest countries.

Young girls fetch water in Kasantha, northern Malawi which has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. Malawi recently passed a law banning child marriage, raising the minimum age to 18 in the southern African country where half of girls end up as child brides. Women rights campaigners hailed the move as "a great day for Malawian girls" and said the law would help boost development in one of the world's poorest countries.