DPM discloses five-year plan to end child marriages in Malaysia
BY RADZI RAZAK
The deputy prime minister said the comprehensive plan was presented to the Cabinet on January 8 and has since been approved. The plan covers not only Muslims marriages under the Shariah courts, but also non-Muslim and traditional orThe 18-page plan listed seven objectives, which it hopes to achieve through 16 strategies and 58 programmes that will be executed by 61 agencies.
She said the Education Ministry had also introduced lessons on reproduction and social health in preschools. Last Friday, Attorney General Tan Sri Tommy Thomas disclosed that the government is studying a proposal to raise the minimum marriage age for Muslims from 16 to 18.
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