COVID 19: A Threat to Progress Against Child Marriage

The outsized impact Covid-19 has had on women in some countries could result in an additional 10 million child marriages in this decade, according to a UNICEF study titled "Covid-19: A threat to progress against child marriage" released on International Women's Day (8th March).

  • An estimated 1.5 million underage girls in India and 12 million underage girls worldwide get married each year, according to the United Nations.
  • One in three of the world’s child brides live in India.
  • Sustainable Goal 5 aims to end the practice by 2020.

Key Observations

  • According to the study, even before the pandemic, as many as 100 million ....
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