Incidence of child marriage among refugees and internally displaced persons in the Middle East and South Asia: evidence from six cross-sectional surveys

Objective To examine incidence of child marriage among displaced and host populations in humanitarian settings.Design Cross-sectional surveys.Setting Data were collected in Djibouti, Yemen, Lebanon and Iraq in the Middle East and in Bangladesh and Nepal in South Asia.Participants Adolescent girls ag...

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Main Authors: Ligia Paina, Gayane Yenokyan, Bothaina Attal, Anand Tamang, Courtland Robinson, Shatha Elnakib, Rumana Akter, Ghada Khoury, Loqman Karim, Hemeda Houssein Barkat, Janna Metzler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2023-06-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/6/e070056.full