According to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Amhara has some of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. Estimates in 2009 show at least 50 percent of women marrying before they reach 18. Murgeta thinks she is around 28 now, but is unsure. Keeping track of your age is not common here. She is six months pregnant with her second kid. I want to adequately serve them, adequately feed them. If I have many children, I cant do that, she explains. Murgeta is part of a growing number of Ethiopian women, many of them child brides, who are taking control of their reproductive lives.
Posted on: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 18:29:04 +0000