Ode to Ode: To merry or to marry
Marriage can be too early such that it distorts a child’s process of full self-discovery and set them on a course of intergenerational poverty and integral pain.
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44.1% of Nigerian female adolescents married before 18
The UN chose the theme “My Voice, Our Equal Future” for the International Day of the Girl Child, highlighting the significance of the adolescent girl. Meanwhile, in Nigeria, 44.1% of said adolescents are forced into marriage before turning 18.