More than 140 million girls will become child brides by 2020 if current rates of early marriage continue, according to the UN.
Of that number of girls aged under 18, 50 million will be younger than 15, says the UN Population Fund, which co-hosted a panel on child marriage at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on Thursday.
Although rates of child marriage vary between and within countries, most take place in rural sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia.
In south Asia, nearly half of young women are married by their 18th birthday. In sub-Saharan Africa the figure is more than one third. Full story...
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Of that number of girls aged under 18, 50 million will be younger than 15, says the UN Population Fund, which co-hosted a panel on child marriage at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on Thursday.
Although rates of child marriage vary between and within countries, most take place in rural sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia.
In south Asia, nearly half of young women are married by their 18th birthday. In sub-Saharan Africa the figure is more than one third. Full story...
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