1.0Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Alwayshttps://citifmonline.comJonas Nyaborhttps://citifmonline.com/author/jonas/Stiffer punishment needed to arrest forced marriages – Director - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Alwaysrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="aw4ca3XeYi"><a href="https://citifmonline.com/2014/02/stiffer-punishment-needed-to-arrest-forced-marriages-director/">Stiffer punishment needed to arrest forced marriages – Director</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://citifmonline.com/2014/02/stiffer-punishment-needed-to-arrest-forced-marriages-director/embed/#?secret=aw4ca3XeYi" width="600" height="338" title="“Stiffer punishment needed to arrest forced marriages – Director” — Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always" data-secret="aw4ca3XeYi" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://citifmonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/31485child-marriage.jpg400238The Ashanti Regional Director of the Department of Social Welfare, Jacob Achulo, is advocating stiffer punishment for parents who force their teenagers into early marriages. He said 27 percent of women in the region were forced into marriages before 18 years, a menace prevalent in Zongo communities in Sekyere Afram Plains and Ejura Sekyeredumasi districts […]