It’ll take 300 years to wipe out child marriage at the current pace of progress

RHITU CHATTERJEE The world has made headway against the practice of child marriage, but progress has been frustratingly slow, according to a new report by UNICEF.The percentage of women age 20-24 who were married in their childhood fell from 23% to 19% in the past decade. And yet, every year, 12 million girls across the […]