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Global polycrisis creating uphill battle to end child marriage – UNICEF

Slowing momentum toward eliminating child marriage most acute in sub-Saharan Africa, which is now over 200 years from ending child marriage; 1 in 4 young women still married before 18th birthday in South Asia despite progress

Getrude Muge, 17, photographed at her home is a student at Tik Seed Secondary School .

10 million additional girls at risk of child marriage due to COVID-19 – UNICEF

With 25 million child marriages averted in the last decade, UNICEF issues warning on International Women’s Day that these gains are now under serious threat

115 million boys and men around the world married as children - UNICEF

An estimated 115 million boys and men around the world were married as children, UNICEF said today in its first ever in-depth analysis of child grooms. Of these, 1 in 5 children, or 23 million, were married before the age of 15.

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Global polycrisis creating uphill battle to end child marriage – UNICEF

10 million additional girls at risk of child marriage due to COVID-19 – UNICEF

115 million boys and men around the world married as children - UNICEF

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