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CHILD BRIDES OFTEN STOP EDUCATION
& CONTINUE CYCLE OF POVERTY
February 28, 2011
- The Economist Online
In
some parts of the world marrying young is a social norm
IN SOUTH
Asia and sub-Saharan
According
to a UNICEF report,
most child marriages take place between the ages of 15 and 18, but in three
countries,
Such
practices often flout the law: while the legal age of marriage in
One negative effect of early marriage is the exclusion of women from education in favour of domestic work and child rearing. So countries with a high prevalence of child marriages also tend to have low literacy rates for young women.