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EDUCATION AND LAW DETER EARLY MARRIAGES IN ETHIOPIA
January 01, 2008
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following newsletter:

Lule Fetene and Teferra Belay, both young men in their 30s, were each married when they were only 14 years old - to brides that were even younger. Both were fathers before age 18, and now each has four children.

Early marriage between boys and girls is a deeply-rooted tradition in their communities, but the practice can produce large families, poverty, medical compli . . .

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