Every three seconds, a child becomes a victim of marriage.1 This egregious child rights violation robs millions of their childhoods, substituting a life of misery and hardship.
Girls like Maria*, who at 13 was forced to become the sixth wife of a 70-year-old man. When she resisted, her father told her: “If you don’t go to join your husband, I will kill you.”2
Join our movement to end forced child marriage and help girls like Maria.
Right now world leaders, government officials and civil society can make ending forced marriage a priority. Sustainable Development Goal 5.3 has put ending forced marriage on the global agenda and with our support for this goal we can help change the lives of girls like Maria for the better.
But we need people like you to help push governments and civil society to make ending this abhorrent practice a priority.
Case by case, country by country, we will push lawmakers and politicians to protect children from this abhorrent practice.
Want to know more about forced child marriage around the world – check out our blog here!
Jessica M.,
Allen M.,
vania t.,
Linn Kristin H.,
Gavin P.,
Katharina G.,
Christophe B.,
Child marriage is a curse and black spot on the society and MUST be finished at all costs.
Any body indulging or encouraging it with any motive should be punished rigorously with imrisionment and fines.
IT’S DOWN TO THE AUTHORITIES- TO CHECKOUT EACH AND EVERY AVENUE – TO EDUCATE
THEMSELVES AND EACH OTHER – AND TO BE CONFIDENT ABOUT WHAT’S RIGHT OR WRONG – DON’T BE BLINKERED – SPEAK-UP OR GET OUT OF THE JOB!!
Plus families killing girls and females who do not do what they are told, young girls bleed to death being forced to have sex with men.
A woman cannot marry 6 husbands, women are slaves in these religions. Cruel to these children shows they have no respect for any females.
It is a must that this forced marriage to stop. This girls are a hope for the future and also they have right to decide on their own life. It is illegal and unacceptable.