DAR ES SALAAM, July 28 (Xinhua) -- The government of Tanzania and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have launched a campaign aimed at ending child marriage in the country, said a statement reaching Xinhua Thursday.
The statement from the UNICEF said the campaign, which was launched Wednesday and called Binti, meaning daughter in Kiswahili, aims to rally public support to increase girls' marriage age and change societal perceptions about the importance of the girl child.
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