Health Challenges for the Girl-child In Africa - A report by Africa Health, Human & Social Development Information
Service (Afri-Dev. Info), Africa Coalition on Maternal Newborn and Child
Health, and Pan African Campaign Against
Forced Marriage of Under Age Children, has shown the link between poor girl-child education and poor development indices and the impending consequences on Nigeria, Godwin Haruna writes
Forced Marriage of Under Age Children, has shown the link between poor girl-child education and poor development indices and the impending consequences on Nigeria, Godwin Haruna writes
Human development and health advocates warn of a bleak future for
Nigeria if the girl-child education, health and overall human
development are not urgently improved. Scorecards made public recently,
underline the link between poor educational attainment of girls, forced
‘marriage’ of underage children and under age child bearing.
