Table Bill to raise marriage age to 18, SIS tells govt


  • Nation
  • Friday, 05 Jul 2019

PETALING JAYA: Sisters in Islam (SIS) has called upon the Pakatan Harapan government to urgently end child marriage in the country and to table a Bill to raise the age in the current parliamentary sitting.

The NGO said portraying a strong parliamentary stand on the issue would underline the fact that child marriage was unacceptable at policy level, while emphasing the importance of children getting an education. 

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