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Key facts

  • Child marriage is rooted in gender inequality and disproportionately affects girls.
  • Child marriage violates girls’ rights to health, education and economic opportunity.
  • More than 650 million women and 115 million men alive today were married as children.
  • 12 million girls under the age of 18 are married every year.
  • If pre-pandemic trends continue, 150 million more girls will marry as children by 2030. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this may increase by 10 million more girls.

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