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Africa: Lawmakers Urged to Consider Emerging Drivers of Child Marriage

eriinfo.com1 week ago09 mins

Johannesburg — Closing the chapter on child marriages is still a distant ambition in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, and despite great strides at developing and passing legislation to eradicate it, existing and emerging drivers are still at play, making youngsters vulnerable to the practice. These were key messages from Equality Now at…

After losing her husband, a therapist’s second marriage opened ‘new possibilities’

eriinfo.com2 months ago05 mins

When Amy Morin was 26, her husband of five years died suddenly of a heart attack. They’d started building a life together, including buying a house and becoming foster parents. So “when he died, all of the lifelong dreams I had with him died, too,” says the now 46-year-old psychotherapist and author. Morin didn’t think…