What is the youngest child bride

Unfpa urges governments to end child marriage by enforcing laws, identifying the areas where girls are most at risk of becoming a child bride, and expanding prevention programs.'after the wedding, fear set in':November 08, 2012 15:12 staff report.Fatima's marriage is prohibited under nigeria's child rights act (cra), which bans marriage before the age of 18.The practice is forbidden by international agreements and outlawed in many countries.

For the grooms 24 years was the most common age, with average ages of 24 years for the brides and 27 for the grooms.Of the girls forced into marriage, one in three girls experience child marriage before the age of 18 and one in nine experience it before the age of 15.She was engaged at 12, married at 13 and pregnant with twins by 14.Forced into marriage at 15, genevieve meyer's story is not uncommon in the u.s., thanks to loopholes.Barely looking at each other, rajani and her boy groom are married in front.

Backus of watertown, new york.The church of england dictated that both the bride and groom must be at least 21 years of age to marry without the consent of their families;