Time to End Child Marriage in Pakistan

Expand A girl crosses a stream as she walks to school in Margalla Hills, Islamabad, October 24, 2014. © 2014 Reuters Pakistan’s human rights minister, Shireen M. Mazari, recently spoke of her government’s commitment to advancing human rights for all Pakistani citizens. A proposed bill sent yesterday to Pakistan’s Senate that seeks to end child marriage is an excellent opportunity for the government to make good on that commitment. According to UNICEF, 21 percent of Pakistani girls are married by the age of 18, and 3 percent before 15. Child marriage tends to occur in the country’s most marginalized…

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