<p>In conjunction with the Gender Inequality : Balancing the Scales campaign, for this episode, we talk to Prof. Dato’ Noor Aziah Hj. Mohd. Awal, a professor at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) who is also the Child’s Commissioner for SUHAKAM about the current laws on child marriage in Malaysia, the problems in implementing wider legal protection as well as the relation of child marriage to marital rape. </p>

In conjunction with the Gender Inequality : Balancing the Scales campaign, for this episode, we talk to Prof. Dato’ Noor Aziah Hj. Mohd. Awal, a professor at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) who is also the Child’s Commissioner for SUHAKAM about the current laws on child marriage in Malaysia, the problems in implementing wider legal protection as well as the relation of child marriage to marital rape.

<p>In conjunction with the Gender Inequality : Balancing the Scales campaign, for this episode, we talk to Prof. Dato’ Noor Aziah Hj. Mohd. Awal, a professor at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) who is also the Child’s Commissioner for SUHAKAM about the current laws on child marriage in Malaysia, the problems in implementing wider legal protection as well as the relation of child marriage to marital rape.&nbsp;</p>

The Legality of Child Marriages

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