No Way Out: Child Marriage and Human Rights Abuses in Tanzania

This 75-page report documents how child marriage severely curtails girls’ access to education, and exposes them to exploitation and violence – including marital rape and female genital mutilation (FGM) – and reproductive health risks. Human Rights Watch examined the gaps in Tanzania’s child protection system, the lack of protection for victims of child marriage, and the obstacles girls face in attempting to obtain redress, as well as shortcomings in existing laws and government plans to combat child marriage.

ISBN: 978-1-62313-1982
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Year of Publication: 2014