At current rates of reduction, it will take over 100 years to end child marriage in West and Central Africa
DAKAR, 23 October 2017 – A new UNICEF report card Achieving a future without child marriage: Focus on West and Central Africa reveals that, as a result of rapid population growth and high prevalence, even a doubling of the rate of the current decline would not be sufficient to reduce the number of girls marrying each year. “We need to shake…