It could be a neighbor, classmate, or colleague. A friend, acquaintance, or family member.
According to a report from the World Bank and Save the Children, 30,000 girls are married every single day. That’s 20 girls a minute — or one girl every three seconds. In fact, according to Unicef, more than 700 million women around the world were married as children. They are deprived of their childhood, denied education, exposed to premature pregnancies, and lose the ability to control their own lives.
It may feel far away, or you may think that it doesn’t happen in developed countries. But, how would people react if it happened in the middle of the day … in New York?
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