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Currently, only 12 states prohibit adults from marrying someone under the age of 18.
Canada is contributing $20 million over two years to UNICEF toward ending child marriage in six countries.
Indian government has issued a directive in Rajasthan to print birth dates on wedding invitations for preventing child marriages.
Despite international commitments to end child marriage, one in three girls in developing countries (excluding China) will be married before they turn 18 by 2030.
Some 37,000 girls under the age of 18 who are forced into childhood marriage every day, frequently with men significantly older than themselves. Often fathers exchange their daughters for money or goods, or marry them off due to longstanding cultural traditions.
