Storify: #16days tweetathon on child marriage as violence against girls
On 10 December, Girls Not Brides joined UN Women's day-long tweetathon to raise global awareness of violence against women & girls. On the agenda? Child marriage. Thanks to those who joined! Here are the highlights of yesterday's discussion:
http://storify.com/GirlsNotBrides/tweetathon-on-child-marriage-as-a-form-of-violence
In the time it has taken to read this article 3 girls under the age of 18 have been married
Each year, 12 million girls are married before the age of 18
That is 23 girls every minute
Nearly 1 every 2 seconds