Data on the situation of children in the Middle East and North Africa
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Facts and figures: Child marriage in the Middle East and North Africa

February 2022

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UNICEF/Lebanon/2022/Choufany

Highlights

  • The world is home to 650 MILLION child brides, including currently married girls and women who were first married in childhood.
  • Of those, 40 MILLION (equivalent to 6 per cent) child brides are in the MENA region. The highest numbers are in Sudan and Yemen.

  • Every year, 700,000 girls are forced into child marriage in the MENA region.

Author(s)
UNICEF MENA
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English