The study by a team from Childlight Global Child Safety Institute “is the first to estimate the economic burden of child marriage in Nigeria.”
andmark study has calculated failure to address child marriage is costing Nigeria more than ₦3500 billion every year, and tens of thousands of lives.
The study by a team from Childlight Global Child Safety Institute is the first to estimate the economic burden of child marriage in Nigeria.
With 42% of Nigerian women reporting child marriage the research highlights the urgent need to overcome obstacles to ending the practice.
