1 In 5 Girls Married As A Child – UNICEF

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As the world marks International Day of the Girl Child, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has stressed the harsh realities confronting millions of girls globally, even as it disclosed that one in five young women aged 20 to 24 are married as children.

UNICEF data showed that nearly one in four adolescent girls in a marriage or partnership have faced sexual or physical abuse; 75 per cent of new HIV infections among adolescents occur in girls;

One in three adolescent girls suffers from anaemia, a form of malnutrition, and almost double the number of teenage girls (one in four)…

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