Girls aged six forced to marry men old enough to be their grandfathers

More than 12,000 girls 15 or under will become child brides every day of 2017 around the world, which is one every seven seconds.   

(Daily Mail, London), 5 January 2017-Girls as young as six are being forced to marry men old enough to be their grandfather and into a life of ‘sexual slavery’ beatings, pregnancies and death during childbirth, a charity is warning.  

More than 12,000 girls under 15 will become child brides every day of 2017 around the world – or one every seven seconds.  

The disturbing figures are revealed in exhaustive research and analysis carried out by the UK-based charity ‘Save the Children’, who predict 15 million schoolgirls of 15 or younger will marry in 2017. UK aid workers highlight a shocking catalogue of cases where young married girls face domestic violence, abuse and rape.   

In one, a six year-old girl is reported to have been ‘sold’ into marriage with a man more than 40 years older in exchange for a goat in Afghanistan