Imagine that you’re a kid going to school, playing with your friends, and dreaming of what the future holds for you. Then one day, you learn from your parents that it’s all over. You can’t be free to run around and be outside or play games or even continue learning. Your old life is going to end soon. You’re going to get married.
Unfortunately, there is nothing imaginary about this scenario for many children around the world. Child marriage is defined by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) as “a marriage of a girl or boy before the age of 18 and refers to both formal marriages and informal unions in which children under the age of 18 live with a partner as if married.”
