Johannesburg — THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) is working on a Model Law on Child Marriage, which seeks to prevent, prohibit and respond to all forms of the vice which is prevalent in Tanzania and other member countries of the regional grouping.

Although child marriage rates in Tanzania have decreased in recent years, they remain unacceptably high, Human Rights Watch says in its recent report. Four in 10 Tanzanian women are married before turning 18, according to government statistics.