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Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh Bans Child Marriage by TANTUMERGO007(m): 12:30pm On Jul 08, 2016 |
Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has told lawmakers to introduce legislation to ban child marriage. Mr Jammeh said anyone marrying a girl aged below 18 would be jailed for up to 20 years. Speaking at the Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations at the end of Ramadan, he said parents and imams who perform the ceremonies would also face prison. Some 46% of girls in The Gambia get married before they are 18, according to the UN children's agency. www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-36746174?ocid=socialflow_facebook Cc: lalasticlala mynd44 |
Re: Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh Bans Child Marriage by gists: 12:42pm On Jul 08, 2016 |
TANTUMERGO007: The Gambia president should thread carefully. While I understand and appreciate the need to stop child marriage, going to the extent of declaring a jail term of 20 years BEFORE the legislature even do their work is also not so good. He is threading close to dictatorship by unilaterally imposing a jail term while the topic has not been debated by the country's legislature. Oh BTW. This is not a tantalizing story for the islamophobs. Had it been the other way, they would have swamped on this thread like house flies feasting on faeces. |
Re: Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh Bans Child Marriage by erusen: 12:44pm On Jul 08, 2016 |
gists:una nor get shame for 21st century una be still dey marry small children. |
Re: Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh Bans Child Marriage by TANTUMERGO007(m): 1:07pm On Jul 08, 2016 |
lalasticlala mynd4 |
Re: Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh Bans Child Marriage by gists: 1:09pm On Jul 08, 2016 |
erusen:What is this one talking about? Did you ask Americans if they get shame for still allowing 12yr old girls to be married off in 2016? [size=15pt]Child marriage chart reveals girls can wed at 12 in some parts of the US - as lawmakers battle to raise age to 16[/size]
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Re: Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh Bans Child Marriage by Likei(m): 1:19pm On Jul 08, 2016 |
make una forward this thread to buhari and elrufai. |
Re: Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh Bans Child Marriage by TANTUMERGO007(m): 1:23pm On Jul 08, 2016 |
gists:i smell lai muhammed on this comment |
Re: Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh Bans Child Marriage by gists: 1:33pm On Jul 08, 2016 |
TANTUMERGO007:You trusted your bbc source (UK), you didn't say anything about Lai when you opened the thread. I posted another reliable/trusted UK source. Now you can smell Lai. Would you rather have me post a link from ipob..br? |
Re: Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh Bans Child Marriage by Nobody: 1:57pm On Jul 08, 2016 |
gists: I think the Gambian President was simply trying to put forward the expected result should one continue marring off kids, not necessarily saying this is the exact punishment. Mind you am thinking, because its unwise of him to enforce such. Mine is why where these infants being married off in the first place? Someone will come and talk about rubbish culture, where as kids are being exploited and we still wonder why the world is thus unruly. Angry people everywhere that's why |
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