Child marriage is still a major issue in Nigeria
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Understanding the drivers of early childbearing in specific contexts is important for effective policy making.
Many children in Indonesia do not know that having sexual relations may lead to them being pregnant and forced to marry their partners.
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Raising the minimum age for Indonesian women to marry to 19 years is important, but on its own is not enough to reduce rates of child marriage.
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From Turkey to Saudi Arabia, Muslim women are battling for their rights - but religion is not at fault.
Child marriages remain a problem in Mauritius.
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Laws in Mauritius allow minors to marry while some cultures on the island are tolerant of child marriage.
In Mozambique, gender-based violence, early marriage and early pregnancy all play a part in compromising the health of mothers and infants.
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Mozambique has one of the highest maternal death rates in the world. Researchers hope to reduce this, with an ambitious project aimed at empowering women and girls.
Women protest against child marriage in Albany, New York.
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It is possible for minors in all 50 states to get married. A scholar explains the long history of child marriage, mostly of young girls, in the US.
Many girls in Dar es Salaam’s slums drop out of school because of the costs involved.
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Creating more opportunities for young women and girls to work and earn money is a possible solution to early marriages. Subsidising secondary education to keep poorer girls in school is another.
Education can change girls’ lives: an extra year of education can raise a girl’s future wages by between 10% and 20%.
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Girls’ lives are still entangled in a culture whose custodians happen to be men.
A young girl from Kenya’s Pokot tribe weeps as she’s led away from her home by her future husband’s family.
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Education can be a powerful tool to stop the practice of child marriage. It empowers girls, and their success can ultimately boost their communities.