Our Future: The Sound of Silence

Marriage has historically been a matter of alliance between kin groups, during those times, the selection of spouse was often removed from the hands of the participants and negotiated by important or assigned family representation.

Rather than being on the streets, young girls should be in school because girls who receive an education are more likely to live a more healthy and productive life and participate in the decision-making process that affects them and their future.  In this episode, discussions were centered on the economics of child marriage and how family poverty can affect a nation.

In this episode, we explored the concepts of equality highlighting the role women and girls play in society.

In this episode, we talked about the health implication of child marriage.

Religion is an important aspect of our lives and it influences many of the decisions we make, in this episode, we explored the role religion play in shaping marriage.

Culture is the way of life of a group of people, it influences what we do when we do it and how we do it. This episode explores how culture influences child marriage

In this episode, we talked about how preserving a family legacy can motivate child marriage.