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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Haroon Janjua in Islamabad

Child marriage in decline – but will take 300 years to eliminate

A young Fulani bride sits veiled during a wedding ceremony in Dembel Jumpora, Guinea-Bissau.
A young Fulani bride sits veiled during a wedding ceremony in Dembel Jumpora, Guinea-Bissau. Photograph: Ami Vitale/Alamy

The number of child marriages is declining worldwide, but at too slow a pace for any hope of eliminating the practice this century, Unicef, the UN children’s agency, has said.

In a new report, Unicef tentatively welcomed the reduction but warned that it was nowhere close to meeting its sustainable development goal of ridding the world of the practice by 2030.

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