13 January 2013

Too young to wed



Throughout the world, more than 51 million girls younger than 18 are already married, even though it is outlawed in many developing countries and a series of international agreements and conventions also forbid the practice. It's estimated that in the next decade, 100 million more girls-or roughly 25,000 girls a day-will marry before they turn 18.

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