POLAND: Children at the Altar
Rzeczpospolita reported on 13 March on child marriage. Every day, teenage girls are forced to live with much older mnn. Young girls are treated like a commodity, kidnapped, sold by their relatives, or killed when they try to escape from their husbands. “Investing in young women’s health and education can enable them to be better educated, delay marriage and help them get a job to support themselves and their future family. This is smart economics. It will ensure the well-being of a whole generation and contribute to economic development in their country," said Pernille Fenger, Chief of the UNFPA Nordic Office. According to estimates, in 2005-2015 there will be 100 million girls married before age 18; approximately one in seven of these girls will be under 15. Read in Polish: Rzeczpospolita