Child marriages on rise in Indonesia as Covid-19 deepens desperation for poverty-stricken families | South China Morning Post

Poverty and a lack of education are factors that have long been blamed for driving children into wedlock in some traditional communities in Indonesia, India, Pakistan and Vietnam. But during the coronavirus pandemic, young girls across Asia are being forced into marriages in greater numbers by desperate families str…

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