Globally, more than one in five girls are married before their 18th birthday—that’s one young girl married every three seconds. From sherylsandberg & MichelleNunn:
COVID-19, climate change and food insecurity have only compounded child marriage. If we don’t act fast, we leave millions of girls at risk.
Girls like Salamatou of Côte d’Ivoire. When she was just 13, Salamatou was forced to marry a man four times her age. Like, Salamatou was physically and emotionally abused. She could not read or write, and her husband prevented her from going to school. By age 20, she had five children with her 60-year-old husband. In her words, she “had no life and no future.”around the world, stories like Salamatou’s are heartbreakingly common.
The impact on these young girls is hard to overstate. Child brides lose control over their lives and futures. They must be sexually available whenever and however their husbands choose. They become pregnant in adolescence and are at substantial risk for complications in pregnancy and childbirth. They are prevented from attending or are unable to continue school. Their children grow up in poverty, and their daughters are more likely to be victims of forced child marriage themselves.
have only compounded the problem. If we don’t act fast, we leave millions of girls at risk. Together, we must raise awareness. And we must support organizations like CARE, VOW for Girls, and so many others who are on the ground helping to stop child marriage, increase girls’ access to education and provide the tools and resources survivors need to rebuild their lives.
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