After meeting a girl who was forced to marry at 13, the Chief knew it was time for change.
The Courage to Question series takes you up close and personal with women’s rights activists across the globe as they fight for a world where women and girls can live free and equal.
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Worldwide, more than 700 million girls alive today were married before their eighteenth birthday (UNICEF). Child marriage has devastating impacts on the realization of the rights of the child, from her right to an adequate education, to her right to sexual and reproductive health. Chief Theresa Kachindamoto has annulled 3,500 child marriages in the central region of Malawi and has helped girls to complete their education, often by subsidizing their schooling. Working with UN Women, the government, civil society and traditional leaders, Chief Kachindamoto contributed to the February 2017 adoption of a constitutional amendment raising the minimum age of marriage from 15 to 18 years. These achievements are against all odds—as the first woman leader in her village and in a village where child marriage is deeply embedded in cultural practice, Chief Kachindamoto’s fight for cultural change has required determination, leadership and persistence.
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Director: Megan Sullivan
Producer: Thea Hardy
Director Photography VR: Jenn Duong
Director Photography Traditional: Eve Cohen
Drone Operator & Sound: Danielle de Leon
Photographer: Jane Hahn
Post Production: Therapy Studios
Editor: Shannon Albrink
Post Producer: Margaret Ward
Production company: Novus Select
UN Women
Vital Voices
Supported by Google
Special thanks to the production teams, organizations, friends and family in each location who invited us into their communities and helped guide these women in the field.
@mariajosejalabert28904 years agoGracias por compartir! Gracias chief theresa kachindamoto por tu causa y por poner tu inteligencia, corazn y esfuerzo en educar y crear conciencia. Abrazos desde chile. 1
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@takbonieniebotak5 years agoYou are amazing and very courageous woman! 9
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@silentisakillerkkkmilanzi75565 years agoI' m impressed with your speech chief. 1
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@innocentosmanjaffer92645 years agoThanks alot to u chief kachindamoto of dedza in malawi. 6
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@Anathi995 years agoBeautiful series. Heartbreaking but beautiful none the less. 2
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@DownloadGlobal5 years agoThis spatial audio is amazing. Sound is louder depending on how you turn. 13
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@camilleplume37465 years agoMerci pour la diffusion de cette fabuleuse femme qui mrite un f majuscule. 2
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@carlosasales4 years agoWe are praying for you Chief Kachindamoto. Hope to see you and work with you in 2020. Carlos@ 2
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@gabrielthemessenger5 years agoAwesome work mama! May the good lord bless and multiply you even more! 4
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@karenricks56303 years agoNo weapons formed against the shall prosper in the fathers name.
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@happinessrasepae84775 years agoWell done senior chief. May gid empower you to do more for this girls and everyone in ur community. 2
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@jannekevanmoorsel50915 years agoHonestly i think if this video wasn' t in vr i think it would be way better! 3
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@musajohannessithole89705 years agoI am a man but i know that women who with independent thought, thus without men' s influence, can be best leaders. 3
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@schlauesgirl12 years agoYo amo el valor y el valor de esta mujer. La tradicin de la hiena en malawi es lo ms parecido a una violacion y desvaloracion de las nias en manos de id="hidden3" esa tradicin tan infame. La prctica la verdad hace mujeres ms esclavas de esa cultura que no levanta la cabeza de la pobreza. Es importante ser independiente e ir la escuela para que el futuro de malawi se enpodere y sus mujeres educadas llenen de educacin fsica y mentalmente a estas mujeres culturalmente destinadas la enseanza y los valores. Me gustara aportar en esta causa. Estoy segura que las mujeres de malawi cambiaran gracias a esta mujer tan hermosa que luchar para que esta tradicin desaparezca. ...Expand
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@googleconsumer1723 years agoThe above respectful discussions clarifies that with hybrid technologies knowledge, we need human intelligence, to get precise information. 1
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@orereil5 years agoThe subtitles that brought me here said " as a gay my bath was bright" and i just wow- 10
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@phiwes79485 years agoThank you for answering my question. I always wondered why malawians marry so young and have kids in their teens now l understand. mozambique whats your story.
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@potiguargpescrevercirnocan86874 years agoBom dia beleza pra todos vocs galerinha beleza cantor gilberto potiguar gp msicas aqui a terra do sol em natal rn ok brasileiro br ok da minha autoria todas qui eu cantor ok.
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@debbysimelane64535 years agoWow the disgrace tradition does to little girls. God sent this woman! which country is this? 4
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@googleconsumer1723 years agoLetter of prayer request, please help me to leave republic ofnationalplease empathise & that i am asking. Good helpful useful respectful deeds solemn glory to dear god, goddesses. ...Expand1
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@Stormlucy1115 years agoBe a woman according to prov 31, in accordance to the will of our creator the only god. 1
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@brightstar88595 years agoThis video is not clear. The picture doesn' t look good.
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@milesc.anthony28115 years agoYou will fail, google. It is not. Going to happen or turn out the way you want. Good luck. 2
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@stanelystanely87815 years agoNo wonder they don' t understand english some they come here in south africa with early age to work.
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@schlauesgirl12 years agoYo amo el valor y el valor de esta mujer. La tradicin de la hiena en malawi es lo ms parecido a una violacion y desvaloracion de las nias en manos de id="hidden9" esa tradicin tan infame. La prctica la verdad hace mujeres ms esclavas de esa cultura que no levanta la cabeza de la pobreza. Es importante ser independiente e ir la escuela para que el futuro de malawi se enpodere y sus mujeres educadas llenen de educacin fsica y mentalmente a estas mujeres culturalmente destinadas la enseanza y los valores. Me gustara aportar en esta causa. Estoy segura que las mujeres de malawi cambiaran gracias a esta mujer tan hermosa que luchar para que esta tradicin desaparezca. ...Expand
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@googleconsumer1723 years agoLetter of prayer request, please help me to leave republic ofnationalplease empathise & that i am asking. Good helpful useful respectful deeds solemn glory to dear god, goddesses. ...Expand1
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