Despite efforts to end child marriage globally, an estimated 12 million girls are still married each year. West and Central Africa home to six of the top 10 countries with the highest prevalence of ...

Agnes married at a time when South Africa was run by its ... to change the status of their marriage to "in community" - giving equal property rights to women. However, it was not automatic.

Child marriage disproportionately affects girls and is found nearly everywhere. It is particularly widespread in South Asia and in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than half of the girls in some ...