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Ambulance | ambulancía | Krankenwagen | 救急車 | скорая помощь: 907

Abuse helplines: (11) 124 2998/123 0777

Association for Women’s Sanctuary and Development (AWSAD) – Advance women’s social and economic development

http://awsad.org/

Safe house

+251116672290

PO Box 2678 Code 1250, Addis Ababa

info@awsad.org

KMG Ethiopia

kmgethopia.org

Fighting discrimination, violence, FGM

Phone : +251 91 250 1833

Email : kmgselfhelp@kmgethiopia.org

P.O. Box 13438, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia


In Ethiopia and parts of West Africa, marriage at the age of 7 or 8 years is not uncommon. In Nigeria, the mean age at first marriage is 17 years, but in the Kebbi State of northern Nigeria, the average age at first marriage is just over 11 years. Source: UNICEF Innocenti Research Center. Early marriage: child spouses. Innocenti Digest, 2001, No. 7.