of young women were married before age 18. In Western. Africa where the percentage is higher (over 40 per cent)
The prevalence of child marriage below the age of 15 years is also very high at 14 percent for the region with Chad
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.
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
young people girls and young women who have experienced child marriage
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
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-based Approach it is estimated that 39
Globally more than one in four girls are married as children – before the age of 18. In East and. Southern Africa
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