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Surprising trends in child marriage in Ethiopia

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This research was conducted by Overseas Development Institute (ODI), contracted by UNICEF in collaboration with the National Alliance to End Child Marriage and FGM in Ethiopia by 2025. UNICEF and ODI hold joint copyright. The opinions expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the policies or views of UNICEF or ODI.

Surprising trends in child marriage in Ethiopia

Author

Nicola Jones, Guday Emirie, Bekele Tefera and Elizabeth Presler-Marshall

Publication date

March 2016

Languages

English

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