Understanding Child Marriage and Empowerment in Malawi

The video features a speaker from Malawi who shares a poem by a 13-year-old girl, Eileen Piri, titled "I'll Marry When I Want." The speaker discusses the cultural challenges faced by girls in Malawi, including forced marriages and initiation camps. She contrasts her own story of resistance and advocacy with her sister's experience of early pregnancy and marriage. The speaker highlights her efforts to change community norms and laws, leading to the passing of a bill that raises the legal marriage age to 18. She emphasizes the importance of education, community involvement, and male advocacy in ending child marriage and empowering girls.

What is the main theme of Eileen Piri's poem 'I'll Marry When I Want'?

• The importance of education

• The challenges of poverty

• The right to choose when to marry

• The beauty of Malawi

What cultural practice is highlighted as a challenge for young girls in Malawi?

• Harvest festivals

• Early education

• Initiation camps

• Traditional dance

How did the narrator respond to the pressure to attend initiation camps?

• She ignored the pressure

• She was forced to go

• She refused to go

• She attended willingly

What initiative did the narrator start to help young mothers?

• A sports team

• A reading and writing group

• A cooking class

• A dance club

What was the outcome of the advocacy efforts in the narrator's community?

• The legal marriage age was lowered

• The community ignored the efforts

• The legal marriage age was raised to 18

• No changes were made

What is the new legal marriage age in Malawi after the bill was passed?

• 18

• 17

• 16

• 15

Why is it important to enforce laws at the community level?

• To ensure everyone knows the laws

• To make laws more flexible

• To reduce government involvement

• To increase community autonomy

What role do male advocates play in the fight against child marriage?

• They should support and work together with women

• They should oppose the movement

• They should lead the movement

• They have no role

What is the ultimate goal of the narrator's advocacy efforts?

• To reduce the legal marriage age

• To end child marriage in a generation

• To increase the number of marriages

• To promote traditional practices

What is emphasized as a crucial need for girls worldwide?

• Less education

• More traditional roles

• Good education and delayed marriage

• Early marriage