This is a strange one.
Due to some legal loopholes, more than 200,000 children under the age of 18 were recorded as having been married in one single country over a 15 year period (2000-2015), mostly 16 and 17 year olds... but worryingly including kids as young as 10!!!
(In the UK the legal age for marriage is generally 16, in most American states it's 18.)
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When we hear of "underage" marriages where a child is married, we often think of certain Muslim countries where child brides are perceived to be relatively common?
Well, the above statistics do not come from a far-off Muslim country...
They come from a "first world" Christian country.... The Good 'Ole US of A!
Read the linked article for full details... it is quite difficult to believe, but the stats do appear to be legit...
LINK to article on The INDEPENDENT Website
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Due to some legal loopholes, more than 200,000 children under the age of 18 were recorded as having been married in one single country over a 15 year period (2000-2015), mostly 16 and 17 year olds... but worryingly including kids as young as 10!!!
(In the UK the legal age for marriage is generally 16, in most American states it's 18.)
When we hear of "underage" marriages where a child is married, we often think of certain Muslim countries where child brides are perceived to be relatively common?
Well, the above statistics do not come from a far-off Muslim country...
They come from a "first world" Christian country.... The Good 'Ole US of A!
Read the linked article for full details... it is quite difficult to believe, but the stats do appear to be legit...
LINK to article on The INDEPENDENT Website
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