This guide appeals to key policy makers to improve the quality of life of millions of girls and young women forced into child marriages.

Globally, vulnerable and marginalised rural girls and women continue to bear the health risks and social and economic costs of early and forced marriage, non-consensual sex and early pregnancies.

There is now greater urgency for global policy action because child brides are increasingly more vulnerable to HIV infection.

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This guide appeals to key policy makers to improve the quality of life of millions of girls and young women forced into child marriages.

Globally, vulnerable and marginalised rural girls and women continue to bear the health risks and social and economic costs of early and forced marriage, non-consensual sex and early pregnancies.

There is now greater urgency for global policy action because child brides are increasingly more vulnerable to HIV infection.