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Sierra Leone has banned child marriage – to truly set women free it must end FGM | Josephine Kamara
This week, Sierra Leone made history when the president signed into law the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2024. For a country with one of the highest rates of child marriage, teenage pregnancy and maternal mortality in the world, it is a crucial step …