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Pakistan’s Sindh orders inquiry into monsoon child brides

  • After floods in 2022, rights workers warned that child weddings were on the rise due to climate-driven economic insecurity
  • In a report published on August 16, AFP spoke to girls married at the ages of 13 and 14 in exchange for money at villages in Sindh
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Pakistan’s Sindh orders inquiry into monsoon child brides

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‘Monsoon brides’: Extreme weather fuels Pakistan child marriages

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