Outrage after Zimbabwean girl, 14, dies giving birth at church shrine

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The girl's death has put the spotlight on the practice of child marriage within Zimbabwe's Apostolic Church, which often rejects medicine and hospital treatment.

The UN has condemned the practice of child marriage

Memory Machaya is reported to have died last month at a church shrine in the eastern region of Marange. The United Nations urged the government to recognise child marriage as a crime and bring an end to the practice. "The current trend of unresolved cases of violence against women and girls in Zimbabwe, including marriages of minors, cannot continue with impunity," the UN said in a statement on Saturday.

 

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