Papel dos líderes comunitários no combate a união prematura no distritito de Vilankulo

Abstract

Child marriage is one of the worst forms of violence against Mozambican girls and more than half of girls marry before the legal age, that is, before the age of 18. Although this form of marriage is illegal, its perpetrators are rarely brought to justice, but the Mozambican government has shown concern about the situation in recent decades. The present work has as its theme, Role of community leaders in combating child marriage in the district of Vilankulo. The general objectives of the work are to understand the role of community leaders in combating child marriage in the district of Vilankulo; and specifically this research aims to: evaluate the impact of educational and awareness-raising actions carried out by community leaders in Vilankulo, on the incidence of child marriage; Describe the strategies adopted by community leaders in combating child marriage in this district and finally, evaluate the effectiveness of the interventions of community leaders in reducing cases of child marriage in the district of Vilankulo. The work is structured in four (4) chapters: The first chapter presents a brief introduction to the topic, the formulation of the research problem, the justification for choosing the topic, the research objectives, the hypotheses raised and the methodological procedures adopted. The second chapter is dedicated to the review of the literature on early unions and the role of community leaders in combating them, addressing relevant studies, theories and legal documents; the third chapter provides a general description of the study area. Here, the data collected during the research are presented, with an analysis of the results in relation to the hypotheses formulated, highlighting the interventions of community leaders in Vilankulo. The fourth chapter presents the implementation of the activity schedule and the budget(TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)