{"id":8070,"date":"2026-02-05T01:06:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T01:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/ground_post\/country-profiles\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T01:06:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T01:06:39","slug":"country-profiles","status":"publish","type":"ground_post","link":"http:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/ground_post\/country-profiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Country Profiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"publication-cnts\">\n<div class=\"colp-lct\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"colp-rct\">\n<article data-history-node-id=\"18257\" class=\"ct-publications full clearfix glbl\">\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\">Over the past decade, child marriage has continued to decline. Globally, the proportion of young women who were married as children decreased from 1 in 4 to about 1 in 5. It is now estimated that a total of 650 million girls and women alive today were married as children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\">However, the current rate of decline in child marriage is not sufficient to meet the SDG target of ending child marriage by 2030. What&#8217;s more, the reduction in child marriage has been uneven. While South Asia has led the way on reducing child marriage, the global burden is shifting to sub-Saharan Africa, where rates of progress need to be accelerated dramatically to reduce the prevalence and offset population growth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\">This report highlights the challenges, opportunities and progress made towards ending child marriage in 12 countries where the practice remains widespread.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article><\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"abt-pub-wrap\">\n<div class=\"abt-pub\">\n<div class=\"cl-pub\">\n<p>Publication date<\/p>\n<p>Aug 2018<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"abt-pub mrg-t-32\">\n<div class=\"cl-pub\">\n<p>Author<\/p>\n<p>UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"action-blk mrg-t-32\">\n<div class=\"download-dropdown\">\n<div class=\"dropdown-select\">\n<p>                              <select class=\"pdf-document\"><option value=\"23\" data-display-text=\"English\" data-display-pdfurl=\"https:\/\/www.unfpa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/pub-pdf\/Global_Programme_Child_Marriage_Country_Profiles.pdf\"> English <\/option><\/select>\n                            <\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"download-icon-holder\">\n                                                           <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unfpa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/pub-pdf\/Global_Programme_Child_Marriage_Country_Profiles.pdf\" class=\"download selected\"><\/p>\n<p>                              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unfpa.org\/themes\/custom\/unfpa_global_redesign\/images\/icon-download-white.svg\" alt=\"Download\"><br \/>\n                            <\/a>\n                          <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unfpa.org\/publications\/country-profiles?rand=6489\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past decade, child marriage has continued to decline. Globally, the proportion of young women who were married as children decreased from 1 in 4 to about 1 in 5. It is now estimated that a total of 650 million girls and women alive today were married as children. 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