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

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