Child marriages

AMANZIMTOTI, SOUTH AFRICA: This is with reference to your editorial ‘Child brides, child grooms’ (March 13). It is clear that child marriage is nothing less than a robbery of a human being. Only adults at least 20 years of age should be allowed to wed. Marriage is about living together with common dreams where both partners are in a position to discuss and make their decisions together. A child is not fit for such challenges.

Sharif Lone

Published in The Express Tribune, March 14^th, 2014.

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