How does child marriage hinder gender equality?

Aug 24, 2023

Nurta Mohamed, 13, a Somali girl sits inside her mother's makeshift shelter after she ran away from a suspected forced marriage at the Alafuuto camp for internally displaced persons in Garasbaaley district of Mogadishu, Somalia August 14, 2020. Picture taken August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Child marriage around the world ... there are still 12 million girls married before the age of 18 every year. Image: REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Anna Fruttero

Senior Economist, ECA Poverty and Equity, World Bank

Divyanshi Wadhwa

Experte données, World Bank

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