• Child marriage is a marriage or domestic partnership, formal or informal, between a child and an adult, or between a child and another child. Although...
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    Child marriage in India, according to the Indian law, is a marriage where the woman and man both are younger than 21 years of age respectively. Most child...
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  • In the United States, a child marriage is a marriage in which at least one party is under 18 years of age—or the age of majority. Within the United States...
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  • According to UNICEF, child marriage is the "formal marriage or informal union before age 18", and it affects more girls than boys. In Afghanistan, up to...
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    Council resolution against child, early, and forced marriages was adopted; the resolution recognizes child, early, and forced marriage as involving violations...
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  • Child marriage is practiced in some parts of Pakistan, with the highest prevalence in the Sindh province.[citation needed] It disproportionately affects...
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  • arranged marriage, forced marriage, polygamy marriage, polyandry marriage, polygyny marriage, group marriage, coverture marriage, child marriage, cousin...
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    The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006 came into force on 1 November 2007 in India. It forbids child marriages, and protects and provides assistance...
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    March 2013. "Child marriage". UNICEF DATA. Retrieved 27 April 2020. Gastón CM, Misunas C, Cappa C (3 July 2019). "Child marriage among boys: a global...
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    The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929, passed on 28 September 1929, in the Imperial Legislative Council of India, fixed the age of marriage for girls...
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