The United Nations in Zimbabwe condemned the practice of marriages with minors after the death of 14-year-old girl at the time of delivery. The announcement was made at Twitter UN representative in the country.
“The UN in Zimbabwe notes with deep concern and unequivocally condemns the events that led to the death of 14-year-old Memory, who died in childbirth,” – said in a post
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The organization called for an end to violence against women and an end to forced child marriages and to prosecute 14-year-old guilty of death.
The problem of forced marriages of this kind exists not only in developing countries but also in European countries among ethnic and religious communities. So, at the beginning of this year it was reported that the number of girls are married off by force the hundreds every year.