BBC News published this video item, entitled “The teenagers forced into marriage in Chad – BBC News” – below is their description.
Every two seconds, a girl is married before she is physically or emotionally mature enough to become a wife or a mother, according to the Girls Not Brides network.
The central African country of Chad has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. Despite a new law in 2015, which aimed to eradicate it by 2020, the practice persists.
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