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Child marriages on rise in Indonesia as Covid-19 deepens desperation for poverty-stricken families

SCMP, 08 Sep 2020
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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 struggling with deepening poverty.


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