Fokala, Elvis2024-02-222024-02-222024-042023*A2024http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94863Mini Dissertation (LLM (Multi-Disciplinary Human Rights))--University of Pretoria, 2023.Legally, and particularly from a children’s rights perspective, this research seeks to examine the extent to which children are allowed and can enjoy their right to participate in a family decision-making setting. The study further seeks to succinctly, argue that if children are allowed to meaningfully participate in the decision-making processes that lead to child marriages, it could significantly reduce and eliminate the prevalence of child marriages in South Africa in particular, and broadly in Africa and the globe.en© 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.UCTDChild marriageUkuthwalaChild-participationSouth AfricaForced marriageMini Dissertationu12167862