Marrying too young: End child marriage

This report is a clarion call to decision-makers, parents, communities and to the world to end child marriage. It documents the current scope, prevalence and inequities associated with child marriage and highlights that by 2020, some 142 million girls will be married by their eighteenth birthday if current trends continue.

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Gender equality and women’s empowerment; Girls
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Flagship reports
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United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
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