GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILEAFGHANISTANMEASURESFORCED AND EARLY MARRIAGES ESTIMATES BY THE AFGHANISTAN INDEPENDENT HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
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Forced and Early Marriages Estimates by the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission
Type of Measure
Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data
Form of Violence
Child early and forced marriage
Year
2007
Brief Description

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission estimates that between 60 and 80 per cent of all marriages in Afghanistan are forced marriages and approximately 57 per cent of girls are married before the age of 16.

Source of Information
E/CN.4/2006/61/Add.5 p.7
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