Child marriage is too big a problem to ignore

How long has it taken you to read these words? A few seconds, most likely. A moment in your day. Yet in that moment, another girl under the age of 18 has been married. She's had to drop out of school and focus on housework and on trying to get pregnant, long before her mind and body are ready.

This is the story of 10 million girls around the world who are married before they are 18. Regionally, South Asia has the highest percentage of child marriage in the world. In Bangladesh, India and Nepal, more than half of all women aged 20–24 are married before they are 18; many are younger than 15. Rarely do these girls give their free and full consent and yet they’re expected to grow up within the constraints of traditional gender roles, playing the part of little women with big responsibilities.

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