While #childmarriage can happen to both boys & girls, in most places, the practice mostly affects girls. Women who marry as children have, on average across 15 countries, earnings that are 9% lower than if they had married later.
Find out why child marriage remains so prevalent & what can be done to end it.
Educating Girls, Ending Child Marriage
Keeping girls in school gives them a better chance for safety and security, to health and education, and to make their own life choices and decisions.