Nearly half of all girls in Malawi are forced to marry before they turn 18. This activist is working to end the abuse — and has already terminated 3,000 forced marriages. Special thanks to UNICEF.
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00:00When I came here, I see a lot of girls, about 12, 13, 14, 15, having two children.
00:23So that's why I get angry, because she's too young and she has two girls at 14 or 15.
00:30So that's why I said, you know, this is too much, I must do something.
00:53I declare that there is no more girls' child marriages in my area.
01:10Then I said, why?
01:12Why me?
01:13I am a woman.
01:14And you, Akaja, you said a woman cannot be a chief, so why now?
01:19And they said, that's why we choose you, because you are good with people.
01:25So we want you to go home to be a chief to them.
02:19Because they are girls to be married because they have nothing at their homes.
02:25So they think this girl can bring something at their home.
02:29So that's why they do that.
02:31And we talk to the parents together.
02:36We sit down and discuss about forcing the girl to be married.
02:43I tried to convince them that if you educate your girl, you will have everything in the future.