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39,000 girls become child brides and are married to men that are way older than they are

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39,000 girls become child brides and are married to men that are way older than they are

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Dissusion Questions/ Smart Art/ References

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Dissusion Questions/ Smart Art/ References

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This is a Unicef video to raise awarness of child marriages in developing countries.

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RL GRIME - Always | #ENDChildMarriageNow | UNICEF

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"Girls who are married before their 18th birthdays are not only denied their childhood but are often socially isolated and subjected to violence, and limited opportunities for education and employment," says Bruno Maes, UNICEF Representative in Chad. Shot in Chad, the video reflects a reality that is common throughout several developing nations.

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In Canada nobody under the age of 16 is allowed to get married.It is illegal and  a crime to take a child  under 16 years old out of Canada for the purpose of a marriage in another country, even if they have that persons consent
(As you can see, child marriage is seen in opposites perspectives in developing countries vs North America. It is legal in devolping countries but illegal in Canada)

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This video is a social experiment that took place in New York. As you can see, in North America child brides are shunned upon and seen as wrong.

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65 Year Old Man Marries 12 Year Old Girl! (Child Marriage Social Experiment)

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New Yorker's didn't stand for a child getting married to an older man, and neither should anywhere else in the world be ok with it!

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This video goes in-depth about young girls being forced into marriage.

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Too Young to Wed: The Secret World of Child Brides

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The higher the level of education girls have theless likely to marry as children.

60% of girls in Mozambique that have no education before 18.

In comparison 10 % of girls with secondary schooling and less than 1% of girls with higher education.

Providing education to adolescent girls is a critical factor in increasing the age of marriage in numerous developing countries such as Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand.

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This Poster shows the major contributors that fuel the problem of child marriage. It gives detaled information about how each factor contributes to the problem)

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The root of child marriage in gender inequality &the belief that girls and women are seen as inferior to boys and men.

The major factors that fuel child marriage  poverty, lack of education, cultural practices, and insecurity.

(They are a lot of factors that contribute to child marriage but these are the most significant factors)

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"CHILD MARRIAGE IS ANY FORMAL MARRIAGE OR INFORMAL UNION WHERE ONE OR BOTH OF THE PARTIES ARE UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE." -
(This website has information about everything you need to know about child marriages. It is a great resource for ways you can help with this global problem)

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Child marriage is any formal marriage or informal union where one or both of the parties are under 18 years of age.

Each year, 15 million girls are married before the age of 18.
That is 28 girls every minute.
1 Every 2 seconds.

Child marriage is fuelled by gender inequality, poverty, traditions, and insecurity. Why does it happen?

Child marriage looks different from one community to the next. Solutions must be local and contextual. How can we end it?

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Child marriage is any formal marriage or informal union where one or both of the parties are under 18 years of age. Each year, 15 million girls are married before the age of 18. That is 28 girls every minute. 1 Every 2 seconds. Child marriage is fuelled by gender inequality, poverty, traditions, and insecurity.

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Girls that come from poor families are twice as likley to get married under the age of 18 in comparison to girls that come from wealthy households.

In Bangladesh, Niger, Mozambique & Mali, more than half of the girls in r are married before age 18. In these countries, more than 75% of people live on less than $2 a day.

(Poverty is one of the major facotrs that contribute to child marriages. Marriage is often seen as a "way out" of poverty)

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Child Marriage Around The World (Developing Countries)

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Child Marriage Around The World (Developing Countries)

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1/3 of girls are married before the age of 18

1 in 9 are married before the age of 15.

70 million women ages 20-24  had been married before the age of 18 in 2012.

If present trends continue, 150 million girls will be married before their 18th birthday over the next decade. That’s an average of 15 million girls each year.

South Asia has the argest number of child brides because of its population size.

(This is a pie chart of the countries that have the highest child marriage rates around the world)