<section><h2>How much do you know about child marriage?</h2><p><p>Child marriage is any formal marriage or informal union where one or both of the parties are under 18 years of age. Each year, 12 million girls are married before the age of 18 – that is 23 girls every minute or nearly one every two seconds.</p><p> </p><p>During the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, test your knowledge and see how much you know about child marriage by taking our quiz.</p></p></section><section><h2>True/False: Child marriage only occurs in the developing world.</h2></section><section><h3>The global number of child brides, including girls under age 18 who have already married and adult women who married in childhood, is now estimated at:</h3></section><section><h3>In South Asia, a girl’s risk of marrying in childhood has declined from 50 percent a decade ago to what percentage today?</h3></section><section><h3>The greatest number of child marriages has shifted from South Asia to what region:</h3></section><section><h3>The Sustainable Development Goals (Target 5.3) calls for the elimination of child marriage by 2030. To achieve this goal, child marriage will need to reduce by an average annual rate of:</h3></section><section><h3>The most common factor found globally in child marriages is:</h3></section><section><h2>That's ok. There's a lot to learn about child marriage.</h2><p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Child marriage is a global violation of human rights that can be found in cultures, religions, ethnicities and countries around the world. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Zonta International has committed US$2,000,000 to UNICEF USA to support the UNICEF/UNFPA Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage in 12 countries: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Yemen and Zambia.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage brings together governments, civil society, families and young people in a collective effort to prevent girls from marrying too young and to support those already married as girls.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Learn more about this initiative at </span>https://foundation.zonta.org/EndingChildMarriage or make a donation to support Zonta's efforts to end child marriage.</p></p></section><section><h3>You're on the right track, but there's still more to learn.</h3><p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Child marriage is a global violation of human rights that can be found in cultures, religions, ethnicities and countries around the world. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Zonta International has committed US$2,000,000 to UNICEF USA to support the UNICEF/UNFPA Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage in 12 countries: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Yemen and Zambia.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage brings together governments, civil society, families and young people in a collective effort to prevent girls from marrying too young and to support those already married as girls.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Learn more about this initiative at </span>https://foundation.zonta.org/EndingChildMarriage or make a donation to support Zonta's efforts to end child marriage.</p></p></section><section><h3>You know a lot about child marriage. Now, learn how you can contribute to end it.</h3><p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Child marriage is a global violation of human rights that can be found in cultures, religions, ethnicities and countries around the world. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Zonta International has committed US$2,000,000 to UNICEF USA to support the UNICEF/UNFPA Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage in 12 countries: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Yemen and Zambia.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage brings together governments, civil society, families and young people in a collective effort to prevent girls from marrying too young and to support those already married as girls.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Learn more about this initiative at </span>https://foundation.zonta.org/EndingChildMarriage or make a donation to support Zonta's efforts to end child marriage.</p></p></section>