taken to narrow or diminish the challenges. During the interview with key informants it was suggested that skill based training and entrepreneurial education is very crucial for the girls before they are provided with any economic support. Main things to be covered includes: related vocational skills, financial management, marketing, and basic book keeping. On top of that, they also suggested that girls need to be provided with life skills education so that they can handle various problems, and how to support each other. Some of the areas to be covered include: effective communication, coping with stress, coping with emotion, problem solving, self-awareness and negotiation skills. 1.4.9 Support from family to girl’s victim of child marriage Table 1.9: Do Girl’s Victims of Child Marriage Get any Support Family? Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid yes 10 15.9 15.9 15.9 no 53 84.1 84.1 100.0 Total 63 100.0 100.0 Table 1.9 shows that, 84.1% of all respondents disagreeing getting support from any of family members despite the challenges they face. During the discussion with girls it was revealed that in many societies married girls are expected to bring fortune and help to feed the rest of family members. Refusing to get married and live with husband with whom the bride price has already being paid, means that the family should send back the bride price to the grooms’ family, this also implies that a girl was not raised in good manners as a result of shame of the family in the face of the
taken to narrow or diminish the challenges. During the interview with key informants it was suggested that skill based training and entrepreneurial education is very crucial for the girls before they are provided with any economic support. Main things to be covered includes: related vocational skills, financial management, marketing, and basic book keeping. On top of that, they also suggested that girls need to be provided with life skills education so that they can handle various problems, and how to support each other. Some of the areas to be covered include: effective communication, coping with stress, coping with emotion, problem solving, self-awareness and negotiation skills. 1.4.9 Support from family to girl’s victim of child marriage Table 1.9: Do Girl’s Victims of Child Marriage Get any Support Family? Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid yes 10 15.9 15.9 15.9 no 53 84.1 84.1 100.0 Total 63 100.0 100.0 Table 1.9 shows that, 84.1% of all respondents disagreeing getting support from any of family members despite the challenges they face. During the discussion with girls it was revealed that in many societies married girls are expected to bring fortune and help to feed the rest of family members. Refusing to get married and live with husband with whom the bride price has already being paid, means that the family should send back the bride price to the grooms’ family, this also implies that a girl was not raised in good manners as a result of shame of the family in the face of the
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