Child marriage in Botswana

Botswana has low incidence of marriages of children overall but the practice is reported to be a major issue among the Basarwa, Zezuru, parts of the Kgalagadi communities and in North Western Botswana.^[1] There is little information available on the issue.^[2]

Botswana Marriage Act

Registration of marriages of religious and customary marriages.^[3]
Increased the age of marriage to 21 without consent.^[3]
Persons below the age of 18 can only marriage with the consent of parents.^[3]

References

^ BABOKI KAYAWE (17 June 2015), "June 16 tackles child marriage", Ministry of Labour Home-Affairs. Government of Botswana, archived from the original on 13 July 2018, retrieved 19 July 2020
^ "Atlas".
^ ^a ^b ^c "June 16 tackles child marriage", Ministry of Labour Home-Affairs. Government of Botswana, Mmegi (newspaper)

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[1] BABOKI KAYAWE (17 June 2015), "June 16 tackles child marriage", Ministry of Labour Home-Affairs. Government of Botswana, archived from the original on 13 July 2018, retrieved 19 July 2020

[2] "Atlas".

[gov.bw-3] "June 16 tackles child marriage", Ministry of Labour Home-Affairs. Government of Botswana, Mmegi (newspaper)

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