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Portrait of child bride and mother Tisate Banda, 15, with her 5-month- old daughter.

Tisate dreams of becoming a teacher.
But she was married at 14 and became a mother not long after. Now estranged from her much-older husband, she has an infant to tend to. Her education is on hold.
In Tisate’s hometown of Katete, a small town in the Eastern Province of Zambia, girls like her are the rule rather than the exception, according to Ruth Zalimba Mukande, who works for SWAAZ, the Society for Women and AIDS in Zambia.

In an effort to educate communities about the widespread dangers associated with child marriage and encourage them to halt the practice, the African Union launched its Campaign to End Child Marriage in Africa in 2014. Since then, the effort has attracted a burgeoning roster of child advocates, from government officials and religious authorities to traditional leaders and former child brides—all bent on serving as champions of change in Africa.

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Portrait of child bride and mother Tisate Banda, 15, with her 5-month- old daughter.<br /> <br /> Tisate dreams of becoming a teacher.<br /> But she was married at 14 and became a mother not long after. Now estranged from her much-older husband, she has an infant to tend to. Her education is on hold.<br /> In Tisate’s hometown of Katete, a small town in the Eastern Province of Zambia, girls like her are the rule rather than the exception, according to Ruth Zalimba Mukande, who works for SWAAZ, the Society for Women and AIDS in Zambia.<br /> <br /> In an effort to educate communities about the widespread dangers associated with child marriage and encourage them to halt the practice, the African Union launched its Campaign to End Child Marriage in Africa in 2014. Since then, the effort has attracted a burgeoning roster of child advocates, from government officials and religious authorities to traditional leaders and former child brides—all bent on serving as champions of change in Africa.