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==Child and forced marriage== {{Main|Child marriage|Forced marriage}} The WHO states that the reproductive rights and health of girls in child marriages are negatively affected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/Life-stages/sexual-and-reproductive-health/news/news/2012/12/child-marriage-a-threat-to-health|title=Child marriage β a threat to health|date=20 December 2012|website=www.euro.who.int}}</ref> The [[United Nations Population Fund|UNPF]] calls child marriage a "human rights violation" and states that in developing countries, one in every three girls is married before reaching age 18, and one in nine is married under age 15.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unfpa.org/child-marriage|title=Child marriage β UNFPA β United Nations Population Fund|website=www.unfpa.org}}</ref> A [[forced marriage]] is a marriage in which one or more of the parties is married without his or her consent or against his or her will. The [[Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence|Istanbul convention]], the first legally binding instrument in Europe in the field of violence against women and domestic violence,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oas.org/es/mesecvi/docs/CSW-SideEvent2014-Flyer-EN.pdf |title=The Convention of Belem do Para and the Istanbul Convention : A response to violence against women worldwide |publisher=Oas.org |access-date=20 November 2015}}</ref> requires countries which ratify it to prohibit [[forced marriage]] (Article 37) and to ensure that forced marriages can be easily voided without further victimization (Article 32).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence|url=https://rm.coe.int/168046031c|access-date=2021-06-10}}</ref>
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