Sweet16 campaign aims to eliminate child marriage in Sarawak

Teenage girls are too young to get married. They belong in school where they can get a good education and build a better future, says Tan. Photo: Freepik

Sixteen-year-old girls are too young to get married; they belong in school where they can get a good education and build a bright future, says Sarawak Women for Women Society (SWWS) vice-president Kim Tan.

Sarawak, Tan adds, has the highest number of child marriages in Malaysia, so this month, SWWS is organising the Sweet16 campaign which seeks legislative reforms to raise the minimum age of marriage to 18 years old for boys and girls.