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09-20-2016, 03:40 AM
How one girl helped lead the fight against child marriage in Malawi
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"I really need to step up."
Those are the life-changing words that ran through young Memory Banda (http://mashable.com/category/memory-banda/)'s head when she was faced with the terrifying reality of child marriage at the age of 13.
Banda is from Malawi, where a staggering 50% of girls (http://www.girls**tbrides.org/child-marriage/malawi/) are married by age of 18 — usually men two or three times their age. But she decided to take a stand, and ultimately helped end the practice for many girls in her community.*
SEE ALSO: How activists like Jazz Jennings, Ingrid Nilsen see LGBTQ media representation (http://mashable.com/2016/09/19/lgbtq-media-social-good-summit-2016/)
On the second day of Mashable's seventh-annual Social Good Summit (http://mashable.com/category/social-good-summit/) in New York, Banda, **w 18 years old, spoke on stage with Denise Dunning, founder and executive director of Rise Up (http://www.riseuptogether.org/). She shared details about her fearless journey to stand up for herself and the rights of other girls. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/19/memory-banda-child-marriage/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Editor's **te: This story includes descriptions of disturbing experiences.
"I really need to step up."
Those are the life-changing words that ran through young Memory Banda (http://mashable.com/category/memory-banda/)'s head when she was faced with the terrifying reality of child marriage at the age of 13.
Banda is from Malawi, where a staggering 50% of girls (http://www.girls**tbrides.org/child-marriage/malawi/) are married by age of 18 — usually men two or three times their age. But she decided to take a stand, and ultimately helped end the practice for many girls in her community.*
SEE ALSO: How activists like Jazz Jennings, Ingrid Nilsen see LGBTQ media representation (http://mashable.com/2016/09/19/lgbtq-media-social-good-summit-2016/)
On the second day of Mashable's seventh-annual Social Good Summit (http://mashable.com/category/social-good-summit/) in New York, Banda, **w 18 years old, spoke on stage with Denise Dunning, founder and executive director of Rise Up (http://www.riseuptogether.org/). She shared details about her fearless journey to stand up for herself and the rights of other girls. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/19/memory-banda-child-marriage/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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