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hello i'm christine wonderwall come to africa it's good to have you along if you're a girl born in nigeria there's a good chance you'll be married before you're 18 years old that's because nigeria has one of the highest number of child marriages in the world that's according to the u.n. we're talking about this as the world mocks thursday the 30th anniversary off the convention of the rights of the child as we report the rights of many girls in nigeria of being violated. a muslim neighborhood in kaduna a city in northern nigeria i came here to find out about a girl who was locked up in this place for 2 years without much light or food and left on her own her name is her sana she was a child bride these pictures were taken when she was released from captivity just a week ago she was held here by her family because she refused to return to her

husband she was only 15 when she was forced to marry a mother of 4. a child bride one of millions in nigeria if you're born a girl here there's a 44 percent probability that you will be married before your 18th birthday. this neighbor knows her santa he says at the age of 15 she wasn't too young to be married he would marry his daughters off much younger. sons and what age. 60. 2 we had this. by the attention gold margaret. this is. a fierce advocate for women's and children's rights she hopes to be free and happy is muslim herself she says the koran does not justify this practice at dallas no pacific or any findings or any security that proved those things the

administration would be forced marriage is a most of this is not done there's an islamic perspective the ad done based on perspective she says education is key to change outdated practices and support women's rights. then why does a leader that is not all. is something that has to do with advancement so are the laws can be amended and can be seeing. that the condition of the. child marriage exists elsewhere in nigeria to here in lagos poverty drives some parents to marry daughters of under 18. is privileged in many ways but that doesn't stop the 17 year old from raising her voice against child marriage his son a story makes are angry a lot of nigerians don't view women as human beings view them as. i did and it is to them susan wants to amend the constitution so that it bars

anyone under the age of 18 from. getting married she and 2 friends have started an online petition to bring the issue to the senate floor the next step would be to get to the root of the problem and try to educate the member women and everyone perpetrating this are there are millions of girls who are married off every year and if those millions of girls were millions of people out it's nigeria's workforce the g.d.p. and he would be in a much better standing than it is now. a son has been transferred to the psychiatric hospital the doctors say it will take months to stabilize her it's unclear how long the government will finance or treatment into the her family will be held accountable for the damage it has done. i spoke to 15 year old campaign a emmanuelle a gun deficit from ghana as she has been researching child marriage in her community i began by asking her what she found out. i got to know down to

the end and at 18 years old i mean to marry because you're right or yeah right now you have financial. financial problems which do can take care of your gut you know and you get given to a girl to marry. ok so that is why child marriage is happening oh do you want to say some more yes any admission that it is the culture of time people will get it's when did you know. bad thing yes she were beginning to marry and you have been doing so now. according to my research as well that the air. yeah and you to. ask why did you even out your children are ill each ok

ok man u. s. so so that is what your research is telling you and so what do you think needs to be done such child marriage can be brought to an end in communities like yours. thank you for that christine. out believe that governmental gov through to educate and caring and to hell there ain't trying nationally so that is not given our. daughter tears to my reach at barrick and i. ok manual i sense that this is something that you are very passionate about tell me why this is something that you are doing why are you fighting for child marriage to end thank you i'm fighting for child marriage who ended because oh shit do so how did

this children who are given out to marriage act and very end that age that are. in a different messy square and you are going to delude babbit die because all the ghettos are going to well people whether they be come come also to die to give me a big fat while you do better in these when i restate inane found out they die many of them die owl's not have people again thats why i i want to i want to. gates there right thing people who are given out yet to grant marriage are to stop it because god knows why these girls can become prominent people in the near future.

that was emmanuel at the end efforts here from ghana now the health system in zimbabwe is on the verge of collapse as the country battles its worst economic crisis in decades doctors have been on strike for months now nurses and midwives in the capital harare have also stopped work the result is that many pregnant women are being forced to give birth in dangerous conditions. far from the maternity ward human are queuing up to give birth in the living room of a cramped apartment here in harare the woman looking after them is 72 year old grandmother is. she has no formal midwife training but since a local clinic closed 2 weeks ago she says she has been delivering up to 20 babies a day. to ensure you know i don't have anything to use or a proper place but the holy spirit helps me over these here pregnant women what's

on the already given birth and have gone to their homes because i don't have the space to accommodate them or anything to give them. here is perseverance is kofi new born baby the birth did not go as she planned when contractions became painful she rushed to the nearby clinic just to find closed doors that was what it was. i don't know it's too late because. when you do so the girl. was. in a room a phone. this whole days so it was funny i was in a good christian movie. over the weekend senior health officials came to visit is to slat. it is very. or i didn't realize that this is yours and i was like. you said he even. the numbers that we just

numbers that he wished he would be in britain and remember. going home with her baby press t.v. appearance is grateful she says they could both have died had not been for instance help for now the strike goes on and the doors of the hospital remain closed. my next guest is a nurse and midwife. urban and rural council nurses workers union she's in the capital harare welcome to the devaney news africa we've just seen that women in some bob way are turning to back street. midwives to deliver their babies what are the risks involved. there are many risks involved in big certainly 2 or 3 because. women in labor and delivery they need to morning which needs professional people to do that they have complications

with me ok like most parts of the modern age they. cited liberal prolonged labor they are quite a number of complications because this people would not have adequate. knowledge of how to conduct a deadly but it's a many it's basic to you is you all of course one of those professions as you say who are striking and i wondered what would it take for people like you to go back to work. for you and of course the media has been saying this is. a striking but the fact is that to be are not striking this is i'm not on strike and this is that incapacity to down to go to work due to fire because we seem to psychological if i may show india social lives so the cup us addicted to continue going to wake. can you elaborate on that point does this come down to

a wage dispute that you're having with the government. we work for the iris the consul not the government and our employer they had a city council. so we have been appealing to them so that they they actually see how incapacitated we are we send them a later in may 21000 rating our incapacitation we send a letter as well in july then in november and up to now nothing is being done by the city 5 s. so we are just appearing to them to yes we know that wealthy central services today community and our patients that really needs us and it's quite said it's quite. well women are suffering because we cannot afford to go to work ok that's.

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