Theresa Kachindamoto, the senior chief in the Dedza District of Central Malawi, wields power over 900,000 people… and she’s in fact not afraid to use her authority to help the women and girls in her district. In the past three years, she has annulled more than 850 child marriages and have been able to
send hundreds of young women back to school to continue their
education, she has made strides to abolish cleansing rituals that require
girls as young as seven to go to sexual initiation camps. With more than
half of Malawi’s girls married before the age of 18, according to a
2012 United Nations survey — and a consistently low ranking on the human
development index, her no-nonsense attitude and effective
measures have made her a good ally in the fight for women’s and
children’s rights.
source:www.inhabitots.com
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