The Sunrise Campaign - Empower Woman and End Violence In

Mozambique experiences high rates of early child marriages. According to the 2011 Demographic and Health survey (IDS), 14% of women between the ages of 20 and 24 married before the age of 15 years and 48% before the age of 18 years. Indeed, Mozambique is tenth country with highest prevalence of early child marriages in the world, seventh in Africa and second in Southern Africa. Reported cases of Domestic Violence increased from 23,000 in 2014 to 25,000 in 2016 (National Institute of Statistics).