A little girl poses for a photo with her ‘husband’ and son. A paper compiled by UNFPA-Tanzania says the consequences of child marriages include increased experience of domestic and sexual violence as well as maternal and infant health risks. PHOTO|AGENCIES
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The agonising story on child marriages confirms facts from a paper compiled this year by the UNFPA-Tanzania, pointing out some of the consequences the little girls are subjected to when they find themselves in the kind of unions they have no understanding of