Gender inequality: the root cause of child marriages

As the world struggles to navigate unprecedented change amidst a global health pandemic, along with resultant economic collapse, political conflicts, and an ongoing climate crisis all at once, young girls remain one of the most marginalised and vulnerable groups affected by the calamities unfurling across the planet.

"Every day, hundreds of thousands of girls around the world are subjected to practices that harm them physically or psychologically, or both, with the full knowledge and consent of their families, friends and communities".