The Global Charity World Vision estimates that 4 million girls will be at risk of child marriage in the next two years due to the coronavirus epidemic.
The United Nations fears that Corona will cause poverty for about half a billion people around the world. And because of this poverty, many families will marry their daughters early.
The risk is exacerbated by school closures, and organizations fighting child marriage are unable to work for lockdowns.
Erica Hall, a child marriage expert at World Vision told, If we do not find a way to prevent it now, it will be too late. We don’t have to wait for the health crisis to end. ‘
