The Evangelical Association of Malawi, for one, came out strongly against child marriage. “As church leaders, we should be the first to speak against child marriages,” a spokesman asserted. “We should not officiate such marriages. It’s very dangerous for girls to start giving birth while they are young.” Civil officials also took action. In June 2015, two months after the new law was passed, Senior Chief Inkosi Kacindamtoto annulled 330 child marriages, so that the children involved could return to school, and suspended village leaders that had sanctioned such marriages. In addition to these accountability measures, Kacindamtoto is also attempting to change hearts. “I talk to the parents,” she told the United Nations. “I tell them: If you educate your girls you will have everything in the future.” In three years, Kacindamtoto, who is chief to some 900,000 people in Malawi, has annulled more than 850 child marriages.