I Will Marry When I Want

Memory Bandas life took a divergent path from her sisters. 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 communitys 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.