
Facts and Statistics

STOP CHILD MARRIAGE
The Facts:
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According to the UN, 37,000 girls under the age of 18 are married each day. We now have the greatest number of married girls and girls at-risk of child marriage than ever before
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1 in 3 girls in the developing world are married before 18; 1 in 9 are married before the age of 15
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If present trends continue, more than 140 million girls will be married before the age of 18 in the next decade
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Globally, almost 400 million women now aged 20-49 were married before the age of 18
STOP FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM)
The Facts:
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At least 200 million girls and women have been cut in 30 countries with representative data on prevalence
High prevalence of FGM:
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AFRICA: Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Djibouti, Egypt, Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Sierra Leone
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Middle East: Iraq, Yemen
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Asia: Indonesia, India, Malaysia
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South America: Colombia
