Child Marriage in Myagdi District
Nepal is among the top 10 countries with highest rates of child marriage, in which One in every three child are brides, according to a United Nations report.Nearly 18 per cent of women aged 20 to 49 years were married before age of 15 while about 34 per cent of women were married or in union after age 15 but before they turned 18 in Nepal, according to the report.Niger, Bangladesh, Chad, Mali, Central African Republic, India, Guinea, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso and Nepal are the top 10 countries with the highest rates of child marriage respectively, the UN children’s agency said in its report.
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