“Fifteen million girls is likely to be hitched this 12 months,” the video concludes. “Before their eighteenth birthday.”

This depiction of son or daughter wedding raises a point that is important. One in four women global aged 20 to 24 had been youngster brides, in accordance with Unicef. Kid brides are less likely to want to stay static in school and much more apt to be victims of domestic physical violence. Also they are prone to perish in childbirth and pregnancy. (Pokračování textu…)