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25 million child marriages prevented in last decade due to accelerated progress, according to new UNICEF estimates

13 March 2018
United Nations
Child rights / Maternal and child health / Women in the family
child marriages / significant reductions

The prevalence of child marriage is decreasing globally with several countries seeing significant reductions in recent years, UNICEF said today. Overall, the proportion of women who were married as children decreased by 15 per cent in the last decade, from 1 in 4 to approximately ...

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