Girls, not brides
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2017-07-21
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CRY - Child Rights & You
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Lack of education tampers with ability to refuse sex with a partner or to ask him to use a condom
Over 13 million adolescent girls between 10 and 19 years–equivalent to the population of South Sudan–were married in India in 2011, according to census data, but fewer literate women were married as children or had children early compared to those who were illiterate
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Education, Child Education, Child Marriage