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Original Title: Extremists in northern Mozambique use rape as a weapon: Forced marriages of girls are common in Cabo Delgado. NGOs report that minors are abducted and systematically forced to marry members of extremist groups
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 2 years ago
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Telma’s account was one of the hundreds of testimonies collected and analyzed by aid workers in northern Mozambique and summarized in a recent report on “forced child marriages in Cabo Delgado.
The war, raging in large parts of Cabo Delgado province, prevents children in contested areas from receiving the protection and support they need.
Asked if it was possible for NGOs like Save the Children to continue providing aid in areas affected by terrorism, such as the districts of Macomia, Palma, or Mocímboa da Praia, she said, “It’s not impossible, but very difficult and challenging.”
In this context, we have occasionally documented cases of parents who, preemptively, decided to marry off their underage daughters to members of the terrorists,” said the author of the study on “Forced child marriages in Cabo Delgado.”
The wave of attacks in Cabo Delgado since January has led to the closure of almost all schools in the contested areas, making it impossible for more than 22,700 children to continue their education.
According to United Nations data from June, more than 189,000 people have been forced to leave their homes since the end of last year, marking the war’s largest displacement since the conflict began.
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