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flag Tonga raises legal marriage age to 18, banning child marriage, aligning with global rights standards.

flag Tonga has raised its legal marriage age to 18, effective immediately, ending the previous allowance for children as young as 15 to marry with parental consent. flag The change, part of the Civil Registration & Digital Identification Act 2025, follows advocacy from the Women and Children Crisis Centre, which cited risks to girls’ education and health. flag The reform aligns Tonga with international human rights standards, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child. flag Save the Children and UNICEF officials at the Pacific Child Wellbeing Summit in Fiji urged regional cooperation to combat widespread child abuse and neglect, with hopes that other Pacific nations will follow Tonga’s lead.

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