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Wait a minute, so the US is worse than Congo when it comes to child marriage laws?

By Tom Paulson on 15 February 2013 0

UN Dispatch today highlighted a map showing where in the world child marriage is prohibited. Turns out, it’s not prohibited in the US even though most other countries set minimum ages for marriage.

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Tom Paulson

Tom Paulson is founder and lead journalist at Humanosphere. Prior to operating this online news site, he reported on science, medicine, health policy, aid and development for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Contact him at tom[at]humanosphere.org or follow him on Twitter @tompaulson.