The World Bank has said that child marriages will cost developing countries such as Malawi trillions of dollars by 2030.
This has been revealed in the Economic Impacts of Child Marriages report published by the World Bank and the International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW).
In developing countries, the bank said, one in three girls is married before the age of 18, with one girl married off every two seconds.
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Malawi is one of the top 20 countries in the world where child marriage is highly prevalent.
According to the report, in Malawi, 31 percent of women aged between 18 and 22 had a child by the age of 18 while 45.9 percent were married by the age of 18.
“Child brides are often robbed of their rights to safety and security, to health and education, and to make their own life choices and decisions,” said the World Bank’s Project Director Quentin Wodon in a statement.
“Child marriage not only puts a stop to girls’ hopes and dreams. It also hampers efforts to end poverty and achieve economic growth and equity. Ending this practice is not only the morally right thing to do but also the economically smart thing to do.”
The bank emphasises that ending child marriages would have a large positive effect on the educational attainment of girls, lead to substantial reductions in population growth over time and reduce rates of under-five mortality and delayed physical development due to a lack of appropriate nutrition.
On lowering population growth, the report estimates that a girl marrying at 13 will have on average 26 percent more children over her lifetime than if she had married at 18 or later.
The analysis suggests that by 2030, developing countries will gain $500 billion annually in annual welfare from lower population growth.
According to report, keeping girls in school is one of the best ways to avoid child marriage.
Chamba nde chimenecho
Km chirungamo ndichot anao akuyamba kupanga zibwez ari ndi zaka ten kd amawaphuzitsa ndimakolo Mukulimbikila nkhan zokwatirana osalimbikila za atsikana akuyenda alimalisechewaa bwanji akt swaga km akuonetsa tchafu BAMBO ake kmaso azichimwene ake muyambile pompo .Tibelekane kd tifele tindalamato kkkkk
I no thi news are not agreed
Let’s stop early marriages!
Olo mutati maiko ten zanu zimenezo tizibelekabe simwayamba kupangisa ngo magalimoto kutimwina tichepa izinja za bantu.
they say developing countrys like malawi that means its not only malawi but ther are some countrys that are in,amalawi bwanji kodi kkkkkk u DPP tu umenewu
This is true agree or not this country’s population is growing so fast indeed by 2030 the resources by then will not match the population as the youths we have to do something about this.
Then come and adopt all these teenagers if u want to prevent us from losing such money, and u must say our politicians will lose trilions because of child marriages!
These bloody stupid mother f*ckers are talking phwisi now.. Dammit
south africa ndiziko lomwe chigololo chili high to very young girls from 12 above so why malawi first? umean malawi is among developing country or the poor stealing country?
south africa ndiziko lomwe chigololo chili high to very young girls from 12 above so why malawi first? umean malawi is among developing country or the poor stealing country?
It’s not about chigololo koma kuti child marriages.
what is mariege ? mr Benison is it not the busines of making children?
Wanangwa I think Benson doesn’t know kuti Marriages cannot be there without sex and unprotected sex ndiye gwelo la ana mbwee!!!
u are right Dee kay Junior
Dont say Malawians will lose. We don’t see that money or what u use. Losing or winning is same same fanana. How many time have we heard about donors pumping donations and what step have been taken. Ayi man muziti aluza not tiluza. I glady if you lose that money so that you feel the heat how we feel shhaaaaa
Chizungu chikuti developing countries such as Malawi…… Not Malawi yokha. U pple don’t know what u are saying
But if Malawi has been exemplified, it simply means that Malawi is far worse. Why not such as a certain country?
Which means Malawi is worse..coz they can’t jst come up with these results without doing a research
Mwayamba Chani Ine Ndimadalira Manja Anga, Am Not Depend On Donors.
Inu ma donner simumawaziwaaa??
South African girls get babies frm 12 years y not talking about them? U always talking shit about Malawi y? fuck u, msunu wako
They’re really talking bull-shit; may be because we’re among the poorest countries in the world. Bloody dammit..
Which money they are talking about cos we don’t recieve grant. They are full of shit,we make our own money to support our kinds and wives.
U pple ur big lier what about south africa.Mxm jst leave malawi alone
FODYATU NDALAMAZO MUMAPASA ANAWO CHANI AMUVUTIKA YEKHA NDI MAKOLO AKE MUZILAKHULA ZAZII APA
Its fine, its the money we never had anyway
zabodza izi.maiko ena amabeleka kuposa kumalawi. ana amma 17 years Ali ndi ana kale munena chani