India

This is the economic cost of child marriage

About one in five girls worldwide is married or in an informal union before they turn 18. Image: REUTERS/Insiya Syed (PAKISTAN - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)

Henrietta H. Fore
Director Emeritus, Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP)
Natalia Kanem
Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Mabel van Oranje
Chair, Girls Not Brides
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