My mother at 12

In the time it has taken to read this article 14 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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Rhoda

Rhoda is a World Pulse blogger.

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