lockdowns have crippled the economy in rural India

UN warns of sharp spike in child marriages in India

UN warns of sharp spike in child marriages in India

May 28, 2020

Hit hard by the economic misery wrought by the lockdown, poor families in India are turning to marry off teenage girls in order to reduce the cost of running the household. A spike in child marriages is one of the most devastating side-effects of the lockdown.

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