...within marriages. (1) Age 18 has been deemed by many governments and several international agreements to be the minimum legal age for marriage. But, over the next decade, more than 100 million girls in developing countries (excluding China) are expected to be married before age 18. (2)

In many parts of the world, societal gender norms support the notion that marriage entitles men to sex with their wives. Even adult married women may be unable to escape forced sex within marriage. This gender-power gap widens with child marriages, since wives tend to be much younger than their husbands. Research from 16 sub-Saharan...

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