Should South Africa criminalise ukuthwala leading to child and forced marriages?

Magister Legum - LLM === Forced marriages and child marriages1 are a global and major concern when dealing with girl children’s and women’s rights. UNICEF statistics2 show that in South Africa alone 1% of girls were married by 15 years and 6% by 18 years.3While these numbers are insignificant, they...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mgidlana, Roberta Hlalisa
Other Authors: Sloth-Nielsen, Julia
Language:en
Published: University of the Western Cape 2020
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7607