UNICEF: over one hundred million boys and men were married as children
Over one hundred million boys and men around the world were married as children, according to a landmark United Nations report.
The study was carried out by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). It is the organisation's first in-depth analysis of child grooms.
One in five of these children, or 23 million, were married before the age of 15.
SABC News discussed the findings with James Elder, Chief of Communication for UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa, who joined via Skype.