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Child marriage: Still with us
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Even though the age at first marriage is
increasing in
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most
parts of the world, if present patterns continue:
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Over the next decade, over 100 million girls in
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the
LDC’s* will be married under the age of 18,
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that
is as “children” – as defined by the
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Convention
on the Rights of the Child
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