Nigeria: 10m Child Marriages May Occur Before End of Decade - Unicef

8 March 2021

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has raised the alarm that 10 million additional child marriages may occur before the end of the decade, threatening years of progress in reducing the practice.

An analysis released by the UN agency on International Women's Day (IWD) on Monday titled: "COVID-19: A threat to progress against child marriage," warned that school closures, economic stress, service disruptions, pregnancy and parental deaths due to the pandemic are putting the most vulnerable girls at increased risk of child marriage.

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