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UNICEF: Child marriage persists in Bangsamoro

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GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 8 October) — Premarital relationships or pregnancies outside of marriage, which are considered haram (forbidden) in Islamic teachings, and poverty are among the major drivers that perpetuate child marriage in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), particularly in Tawi-Tawi and Sulu where respondents were interviewed for a UNICEF study. A young Bangsamoro mother tends to her child. Photo cour…
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UNICEF: Child marriage persists in Bangsamoro

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 8 October) — Premarital relationships or pregnancies outside of marriage, which are considered haram (forbidden) in Islamic teachings, and poverty are among the major drivers that perpetuate child marriage in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), particularly in Tawi-Tawi and Sulu where respondents were interviewed for a UNICEF study. A young Bangsamoro mother tends to her child. Photo cour…

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