# A warrior’s cry against child marriage

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDWomen 2015
- Speaker: Memory Banda
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/memory_banda_a_warrior_s_cry_against_child_marriage)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Memory Banda’s life took a divergent path from her sister’s. When her sister reached puberty, she was sent to a traditional “initiation camp” that teaches girls “how to sexually please a man.” She got pregnant there — at age 11. Banda, however, refused to go. Instead, she organized others and asked her community’s leader to issue a bylaw that no girl should be forced to marry before turning 18. She pushed on to the national level … with incredible results for girls across Malawi.

## Lectures

1. [A warrior’s cry against child marriage](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/memory_banda_a_warrior_s_cry_against_child_marriage/4f5ad02d40e3), 13 min (TED's player)