Child marriage a scourge for millions of girls | Reuters:
"'Young children have babies -- your life is ruined, your education is ruined,' said Kanta Devi, who was 16 when she married in Badakakahera village in India's Rajasthan state.
'You become upset with everything in your life,' she told TrustLaw.
The U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child considers marriage before the age of 18 a human rights violation.
But according to the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), there are more than 50 million child brides worldwide, a number that is expected to grow to 100 million over the next decade."
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