Joint Statement on Defending Girls’ Rights on Ending Child Marriage in the SADC Region

Girls Not Brides and partners call for unified action in SADC region to end child marriage, urging a minimum marriage age of 18 and harmonised legal frameworks.

In the time it has taken to read this article 22 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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