41 COUNTRIES WITH 30 PERCENT OR MORE OF WOMEN 20-24 YEARS OLD WHO MARRIED OR ENTERED INTO UNION BY AGE 18, 2000-2011
41 COUNTRIES WITH 30 PERCENT OR MORE OF WOMEN 20-24 YEARS OLD WHO MARRIED OR ENTERED INTO UNION BY AGE 18, 2000-2011
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In many countries, girls are discriminated against before they are born, due to a prevailing tendency to prefer male offspring.
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A staggering 45 percent of all children under the age of five worldwide do not have a birth certificate, a right that gives them access to education, health care, social and economic opportunities. This woman is holding a substitute birth certificate she received in Côte d’Ivoire.
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Every child has the right to an education, yet according to Plan International, there are 75 million girls around the world who are not in school.
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41 COUNTRIES WITH 30 PERCENT OR MORE OF WOMEN 20-24 YEARS OLD WHO MARRIED OR ENTERED INTO UNION BY AGE 18, 2000-2011
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Between 500 million and 1.5 billion children experience violence every year, many of the incidents taking place in schools.
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There is limited research and there are few programs on how to make cities safer for women and girls, especially adolescent girls.
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UN officials in Timor-Leste conduct an interview with a domestic abuse victim.
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This woman is a victim of an acid attack in Cambodia.
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