It’s a mindset issue,” says White. Even the widows, they’ve told me, ‘ — Seodi White

"When I came back the next day, the “women” had indeed gathered waiting for me. However I noticed that the “women” were not women, as such. They were… kids. Teenage girls"

"Girl-child marriages need to be prohibited tough the Constitution because they are a violation of every conceivable human right including the right to life, health, education, human dignity and development"

"I will remain sad because I know the cost of child marriage. It deprives girls of education and undermines their self-confidence and self-identity. It also makes them prone to physical and emotional abuse by their so called husbands"

"What I know for sure child marriage is a guarantee for poverty among girls in my country and I want it to end. No ifs or buts"

"There is a belief that if she does not sleep with someone, the spirit of her dead husband will come and visit upon her and her family will be cursed"

"widow cleansing,” a traditional practice in which a widow is expected to have sexual relations, “in order to cleanse her"