Afghanistan: ending child marriage
Child marriage is not unusual in Afghanistan: it is an age-old custom. This episode of UN in Action shows how UNICEF is working to change it.
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One girl was engaged at just ten years old. She was promised to a 50-year-old farmer who was already married with six children.
UNICEF works with local religious leaders to help communities better understand the harm that child marriage causes, and how to protect their children better.
UN in Action, episode 1404.