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African Union member states' endorsement of an 'African Common Position to End Child Marriage' and the 'Campaign to End Child Marriage in Africa'. Several  Autres questions
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  • Which African countries have child marriages?

    An estimated 650 million girls and women alive today were married before their 18th birthdays.
    Over 50 million of them reside in Eastern and Southern Africa.
    Nearly one third (32 per cent) of the region's young women were married before age 18.

  • Which African country has the highest child marriage rate?

    While Niger boasts the highest rate, another country, Nigeria, being the most populated nation in the sub-Saharan area (over 217 million), has the highest number of child brides (22 million).3 jan. 2023

  • What is the youngest age to get married in Africa?

    For persons with legal status, the Civil Code sets the minimum age of marriage at 18 for men and 15 for women.
    For persons with customary status, on the other hand, the minimum age of marriage is 14 for girls and 16 for boys pursuant to the Decree of 13 July 1939.

  • What is the youngest age to get married in Africa?

    Common Problem Areas in African Marriages
    Other common marital problems included: financial problems (45.9%); sexual problems (37.6%); in-laws (34.1%); and, sub- stance abuse (34.1%).

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ACCELERATING EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE CHILD MARRIAGE IN

of young women were married before age 18. In Western. Africa where the percentage is higher (over 40 per cent)



Child Marriage in West and Central Africa

The prevalence of child marriage below the age of 15 years is also very high at 14 percent for the region with Chad



UNICEF Data

At the same time population growth threatens to result in an ever-higher number of child brides in sub-Saharan Africa during the coming years. Latin America.



Ending child marriage in Africa

If we don't act now the number of girls married as children will double by 2050 and Africa will become the region with the highest number of child brides in 



a report on child marriage in africa

young people girls and young women who have experienced child marriage



AFRICAN COMMON POSITION ON THE AU CAMPAIGN TO END

RECOGNIZING Article 21(2) of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the. Child that child marriage and the betrothal of girls and boys shall be 



CAMPAIGN TO END CHILD MARRIAGE IN AFRICA CALL FOR

UNIÃO AFRICANA. Addis Ababa ETHIOPIA P. O. Box 3243 Website: www.africa-union.org ... 10 Rapport du FNUAP: Marrying Too Young- End Child Marriage.



Ending Child Early and Forced Marriage in Africa: a Human Rights

Ending Child Early and Forced Marriage in Africa: a Human Rights-based Approach it is estimated that 39



UNFPA ESARO

Globally more than one in four girls are married as children – before the age of 18. In East and. Southern Africa



UNICEF Data

in the Middle East and North Africa. child brides each year. Girls who live in rural areas or are from poorer households have a higher