Talk Africa: Africa's child marriages
In this episode of Talk Africa, Peninah Karibe looks at child marriage in Africa.
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The scale of the problem
Almost every country has committed to ending child marriage. Yet, according to the United Nations Population Fund, one in three girls in developing countries will probably be married before the age of 18. Most of these girls are poor, have less education and live in rural areas.
In 2010, over 67 million women aged 20 to 24 had been married as girls. Half of them were in Asia and one fifth in Africa.
The questions
How widespread is the problem in Africa? And beyond policy and legislation, what else must be done to stem the tide?