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# Girls not Brides

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Irish project helping to end child marriage in Nepal

10% of girls in Nepal are married by the age of 15 and 37% by the age of 18.

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Dec 31st 2017, 9:30 AM

The life of a child bride and mother: 'My husband beat me regularly. He eventually left me.'

Many teenagers in Malawi are forced into non-formal marriages, despite new laws.

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Jul 26th 2015, 10:15 AM