Over the past 25 years, the rate of child marriages has been slowing. Read more at straitstimes.com.
UNITED NATIONS - Child marriages are declining – but at a rate that would not eliminate the practice for another 300 years, while a perfect storm of crises could yet reverse the trend, the United Nations childrens’ agency said on Tuesday.
According to Unicef estimates, 640 million girls and women today were married when they were under 18.But over the past 25 years, the rate at which such marriages take place has been slowing: In 1997, 25 per cent of young women aged 20 to 24 were married before 18.Still, that means some nine million girls are expected to be married off in 2030, the report said.
And even that fragile progress is under threat – Unicef also fears that the convergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, global conflicts and the growing impacts of climate change could reverse the hard-won gains.
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