Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Save The Children Releases Report On Child Brides

According to a new report by Save the Children, every seven seconds, a girl somewhere in the world becomes a bride before reaching her 15th birthday.  As a result of being married so early in life, they suffer risks such as being deprived of attending school, domestic violence, sexually-transmitted diseases and child-bearing at a young age.

Read more at BBC News, the Independent, The Australian and CNN.

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