Kerr, Kate

Child Marriage and Guardianship in Tanzania : Robbing Girls of Their Childhood and Infantilizing Women

This article discusses the debilitating effects that child marriage and guardianship have on the overall functioning of Tanzanian society and examines the legal remedies that can be employed by the government to address these issues. On one hand, the Law of Marriage Act forces girls into early adulthood by allowing them to marry as young as fourteen.