CHILD
MARRIAGE
Children
under the
age of 18
live with a
partner as
if married.
Defini
-tion
> 280 million
Before
> 1 billion
In
2050
5. Mali 52%
1. Niger 76%
5. Burkina Faso 52%
8. Guinea 51%
3. Chad 67%
5. South Sudan 52%
2. Central African Republic 68%
10. Somalia 45%
9. Mozambique 48%
CAUSE
CAUSE
CAUSE
CAUSE
CAUSE
Human
rights and
justice
Health of
adolescent
mothers and
infant
Maternal Mortality Rate
(per 1000 live births)
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
Ethiopia
Indonesia
20-34 years
Nigeria
15-19 years
United States
VIOLENCE
Young women’s experience of domestic violence in India
In the last 6 months, did you husband…
slap or beat you?
threaten to abandon you or throw you out
verbally abuse you?
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Married before 18
Married at 18+
National
Rural
Urban
0
10
20
30
40
Married by age 15
50
60
Never married
70
80
90
100
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