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In developing countries, more than 60 million women who are now aged 20-24 were married before the age of 18. If current patterns continue, more than 100 million girls in the developing world will be married during the next 10 years. These marriages occur despite the fact that national laws often prohibit it, and that international human rights documents state that marriage should be entered into with the free and full consent of both partners.
Our resources on child marriage address the human rights of girls as well as the work we have been doing to secure U.S. policy and funding to help end child marriage around the world.
Browse our resources on child marriage below.
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionTuesday, 01 February 2005
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionMonday, 25 October 2004
Summary: Delivered by Adrienne Germain, President, IWHC, at "AIDS in India," Asia Society, San Francisco, CA (5 pages).
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionSunday, 01 December 2002
December 1, 2002
By Adrienne Germain
On a recent trip to India and Bangladesh, I looked into the face of AIDS in Asia, which is increasingly adolescent and female.
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionTuesday, 04 June 2002
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionTuesday, 30 November 1999
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionSunday, 01 June 2008
Child marriage is the major cause worldwide of pregnancies before age 15. In most of the developing world, 90 percent of girls who give birth before age 18 are married. Young brides typically become sexually active as soon as they are married, sometimes before their first menstruation. Often living in their husband's household and community, they face intense pressures to bear children as soon as possible, with potentially disastrous results.
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionTuesday, 01 January 2008From new commitments to sex education programs to progress on securing a women's right to abortion, these ten developments show that women's health was a priority concern in 2007, and will continue to require our attention and dedication in 2008.
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionTuesday, 04 June 2002
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionTuesday, 30 November 1999
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionMonday, 21 December 2009Each year, the International Women's Health Coalition issues the "Top Ten Wins for Women's Health and Rights."
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