Increased risk of child marriage due to COVID-19 in Middle East and Africa 2020-2025

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Saifaddin Galal,
Apr 28, 2023
The number of girls at risk of child marriage is expected to increase globally due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In West and Central Africa, additional 450 thousand girls will risk child marriage between 2020 and 2025, according to estimates. Moreover, in East and Southern Africa, child marriage would concern 158 thousand girls more compared to estimates conducted before the pandemic. In Africa, the outbreak also led to increased poverty.

Additional number of girls at risk of child marriage due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the Middle East and Africa between 2020 and 2025, by region

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October 2020

Region

Africa, MENA

Survey time period

2020 to 2025

Supplementary notes

Data are estimates.
The source specifies that "These estimates are the upper limits of a range. They are, nevertheless, likely to be underestimates."

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