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In this article wee see more on the percentages around the world of girls. In the text it states "Still, the total number of girls married in childhood stands at 12 million per year, and progress must be significantly accelerated in order to end the practice by 2030" This shows a huge percentage but what about little boys? "Globally, 115 million boys and men were married before age 18." believe it or not little Boyds are victims of this too and its sad. I have a little brother and I can't imagine him taking care of a girl. Money could do crazy things! Even to the point of marrying your small children in exchange for lots of money and land.

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Child marriage is a violation of human rights, but is all too common

Marriage before the age of 18 is a fundamental violation of human rights. Many factors interact to place a child at risk of marriage, including poverty, the perception that marriage will provide 'protection', family honor, social norms, customary or religious laws that condone the practice, an inadequate legislative framework and the state of a country's civil registration system. While the practice is more common among girls than boys, it is a violation of rights regardless of sex.

Child marriage often compromises a girl's development by resulting in early pregnancy and social isolation, interrupting her schooling, limiting her opportunities for career and vocational advancement and placing her at increased risk of domestic violence. Although the impact on child grooms has not been extensively studied, marriage may similarly place boys in an adult role for which they are unprepared, and may place economic pressures on them and curtail their opportunities for further education or career advancement.

Cohabitation - when a couple lives 'in union', as if married - raises the same human rights concerns as marriage. When a couple cohabitates, the assumption is often that they are adults, even if one or both has not yet reached the age of 18. Additional concerns due to the informality of the relationship - in terms of inheritance, citizenship and social recognition, for example - may make children in informal unions vulnerable in different ways than those who are formally married.

The issue of child marriage is addressed in a number of international conventions and agreements. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, for example, covers the right to protection from child marriage in article 16, which states: "The betrothal and the marriage of a child shall have no legal effect, and all necessary action, including legislation, shall be taken to specify a minimum age for marriage...." The right to 'free and full' consent to marriage is recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which says that consent cannot be 'free and full' when one of the parties involved is not sufficiently mature to make an informed decision about a life partner. Although marriage is not mentioned directly in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, child marriage is linked to other rights - such as the right to freedom of expression, the right to protection from all forms of abuse, and the right to be protected from harmful traditional practices - and is frequently addressed by the Committee on the Rights of the Child. Other international agreements related to child marriage are the Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages, the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa.

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Marriage before the age of 18 is a fundamental violation of human rights. Many factors interact to place a child at risk of marriage, including poverty, the perception that marriage will provide 'protection', family honor, social norms, customary or religious laws that condone the practice, an inadequate legislative framework and the state of a country's civil registration system.

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In this article we  see that child marriage has a huge rate. But what causes this? Why do people do this? In the text it states "Child marriage is rooted in gender inequality and the belief that girls and women are inferior to boys and men." This means that overall men have "more power" or are better than girls therefor they have the right of the authority to claim the girls and pay ALOT of money. Some people do it for the money and their religion. But mainly people do it for the money because they're poor and when a girl is born into the family, they don't see a grown women ding what she loves. They see Money! and that's extremely sad.

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More than 650 million women alive today already suffer the direct consequences of child marriage.

Globally, the rates of child marriage are slowly declining but progress isn't happening fast enough.

If pre-pandemic trends continue, 150 million more girls will be married by 2030 [2]. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this may increase by a further 13 million girls [3].

Child marriage violates girls' rights to health, education and opportunity.

Child marriage is any formal marriage or informal union where one or both parties are under 18 years of age. It is rooted in gender inequality.

Girls who formally marry or cohabit as if married before the age of 18 are more likely to have early pregnancies, experience dangerous complications in pregnancy and childbirth, acquire HIV, and experience domestic violence. Ending child marriage will improve the health of millions of girls, and their children. Find out more on our Health learning page.

When a girl gets married she is often expected to drop out of school to look after the home, children and extended family. For the same reasons - and sometimes because of official school or national policies - it is difficult for married girls, pregnant girls and young mothers to return to school. Find out more on our Education learning page.

When they marry as children, girls miss out on developing the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to make informed decisions, negotiate, access paid employment and live independent lives. With little access to education and economic opportunities, girls and their families are more likely to live in poverty. Find out more on our Economic Justice learning page (coming soon).

Systems that undervalue the contribution and participation of girls and women limit their own possibilities for growth, stability and transformation.

Child marriage directly hinders the achievement of at least six of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Find out more on our SDG and Gender learning pages (coming soon).

Ending child marriage and guaranteeing girls' rights means a fairer, more secure and prosperous future for us all.

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Child marriage is a global issue. It is fuelled by gender inequality, poverty, social norms and insecurity, and has devastating consequences all over the world. Here, you can discover more about the extent and impacts of child marriage and the progress we've made towards ending it.

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In this Article you see how the top countries child marriage are more in the eastern countries. You also get to see the percentage and find out more in depth of that specific topic and their reasoning. Mothers see their daughters as burdens and its pretty sad to see that even the moms could be so cold hearted. This also causes all the girls to be sad and even more depressed, they're basically lonely and have no one to lean to because everyone over there has that bad mentality. I don't understand how people could do these type of things and see it as normal.

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In this video we see how crazy and how the rate of child marriage keeps on getting higher and higher. And the worse thing is that most girls die because of it.

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This young lady was married before she turned 18, she wasn't forced but Mexico also has a big rate in girls getting married before they're 18. They end up getting married and then struggling.

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In this video you could see the family and Bangladesh itself being one of the top countries with child marriage. Families consider girls as a burden and they're basically just used to get married and have no say and it's all because of their religion. And it's sad being their own mothers call them a burden and its even mores that they've normalized all of this.

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Forced To Marry At 13: Bangladesh's Child Brides

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These are the top 10 places with child marriage

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These are the top 10 places with child marriage

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1. Niger* — 76%

2. Central African Republic* — 68%

3. Chad* — 67%

4. Bangladesh* — 59%

5. Mali* — 52%

6. South Sudan* — 52%

7. Burkina Faso — 52%

8. Guinea — 51%

9. Mozambique* — 48%

10. India* — 47%

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This video is pretty long but it shows how bad child marriage is in other countries. Also how they have normalized that and it’s sad. It’s In Spanish but overall you could see the fear in there little girls eyes and how they have to hide because if they are found they will get killed. They would get killed or executed with they try to escape and they are found.

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Pasaporte Pampliega - 07 "Matrimonio infantil en Afganistán"

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One of the little girls were saying how she was around 11 years old when she got married and her mother and sister in law would hit her if she would bring enough things or if she made a mistake. She said that one time she didn't take enough water and they hit her with a knife on her nose and that's why its not straight or "normal looking".  This causes girls to even try to commit suicide.