To afford sufficient protection to marginalised people in society - such as women in minority religious communities - the state must recognise and regulate religious marriages in a nuanced way.
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Close to 4 million teenage girls are subjected to breast ironing worldwide. This harmful cultural practice, which is most prevalent in West and Central Africa, needs to stop.
Efforts to discourage girls from being cut in Tanzania have changed the cultural meaning and practices around the ceremonial rite of passage.
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Professor of Legal Pluralism, Religious Family Laws, and Human Rights, University of Cape Town
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Professor of International Development Studies, University of Portsmouth
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PhD Candidate , SOAS, University of London
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Associate Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel