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CHRISTIAN MANHART
THE KATHMANDU POST (KATHMANDU, NEPAL)

"...Early marriage, parents’ educational investment in boys rather than in girls, gender-based violence and the lack of care during menstruation is still prevalent in Nepali society. Girls also get married earlier than boys. The Nepal Health and Demographic Survey (2011) shows that among women aged 20-49, 52 percent were married by the age of 18 and 16 percent were already married by the age of 15..."

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CHRISTIAN MANHART
THE KATHMANDU POST (KATHMANDU, NEPAL)

"...Early marriage, parents’ educational investment in boys rather than in girls, gender-based violence and the lack of care during menstruation is still prevalent in Nepali society. Girls also get married earlier than boys. The Nepal Health and Demographic Survey (2011) shows that among women aged 20-49, 52 percent were married by the age of 18 and 16 percent were already married by the age of 15..." 
URL to article: http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2015-10-11/power-of-the-adolescent-girl.html