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Early to wed: child marriage in Africa

Early to wed: child marriage in Africa

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist


Early to wed: child marriage in Africa

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist

ratings:
Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Apr 22, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Marrying too young has lifelong effects: on a girl’s body as much as on her education and career. We explore what is behind a sharp decline in child marriage in parts of Ethiopia. There’s an ancient-clothing trend in China that is mostly goofy fun. But its ethnic overtones may soon worry the Communist Party. And, a chat—as well as a hard-fought match—with Africa’s first World Scrabble Champion. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Apr 22, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Get a daily burst of global illumination from The Economist’s worldwide network of correspondents as they dig past the headlines to get to the stories beneath—and to stories that aren’t making headlines, but should be.