Walden University ScholarWorks Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Collection 2017 Mitigating Underage Marriage of Girls in Bo Town, Sierra Leone Anne-Marie Kumba Kamanda Walden University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations Part of the Public Policy Commons This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Collection at ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Walden University College of Social and Behavioral Sciences This is to certify that the doctoral dissertation by Anne-Marie Kumba Kamanda has been found to be complete and satisfactory in all respects, and that any and all revisions required by the review committee have been made. Review Committee Dr. Kirk Williams, Committee Chairperson, Public Policy and Administration Faculty Dr. Joshua Ozymy, Committee Member, Public Policy and Administration Faculty Dr. Paul Rutledge, University Reviewer, Public Policy and Administration Faculty Chief Academic Officer Eric Riedel, Ph.D. Walden University 2017 Abstract Mitigating the Underage Marriage of Girls in Bo Town, Sierra Leone By Anne-Marie Kumba Kamanda M.S., Walsh College, 2010 B.A., Walsh College, 2007 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Public Policy & Administration Homeland Security Policy & Coordination Walden University August 2017 Abstract The underage marriage of girls (UMG) practice by some parents continues to occur in Bo Town, Sierra Leone, and it is a problem.