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laws need to be enforced by government officials, in order to end

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married in ceremony before puberty, then sent to live with husband after puberty in another ceremony called gauna, still to young for marriage then

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boys will take care of parents financially, girl does nothing, want to get rid of her

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gender discrimination main cause for girls to be married off

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families can't afford to feed girls, marry them off, husband and his family now has to care for her

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most married girls come from indigenous places, more child marriages happen in lower caste

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national plan to stop child marriage been delayed

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domestic violence: girls beaten by husbands/ inlaws, raped, abandoned, work constantly

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babies more likely to die if mother is younger

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consequence of marrying is dropping out of school, early childbearing, domestic violence

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girls less valued than boys in this society

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marriages happen because of poverty, no education, pressures, child labor,

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"minimum age of marriage under Nepali law is 20 years of age"

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boys marry young too, girls more common, 3rd highest child marriage rate in Asia

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37% girls marry before 18, 10% married by 15

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https://www.hrw.org/report/2016/09/07/our-time-sing-and-play/child-marriage-nepal