World's 33% child brides in India - children at an increased risk of exploitation : UNICEF
Asheema Khanna
Oct. 6, 2009

children are at an increased risk of exploitation despite India's growing modernity and economic wealth.

Nearly 25 million women in India were married in the year 2007 by the age of 18, according to UNICEF.

"A society cannot thrive if its youngest members are forced into early marriage, abused as sex workers or denied their basic rights," said UNICEF Executive Director Ann Veneman.

More than half the world's child brides are in south Asia, which also accounts for more than half the unregistered births, leaving children beyond the reach and protection of state services and unable to attend school or access basic healthcare.

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