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Millions of Young Girls Forced Into Marriage

2013-03-13 18:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Geographic: How many children and teenage girls are ready for marriage? Yet the practice is shockingly prevalent: One out of nine girls in developing countries will be married by age 15, according to the United Nations. An estimated 14.2 million girls a year will become child brides by 2020 if nothing changes. Driven largely by poverty and cultural traditions, such marriages are usually arranged by family members. The physical and emotional consequences can be life shattering, even fatal. Pulitzer Prize-winning...

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