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A report by the Plan Foundation, released in Colombia, has highlighted the scale of child marriage and forced early unions in the country. According to data collected by the organization, five in every 100 adolescent girls ages 14 to 17 are in such unions, while more than 2,000 minors are involved in forced early relationships.

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[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 24 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

That's a weird way to say 1 in 20

[–] fractal618@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Not as weird as 34 in 680…

[–] Codpiece@feddit.uk 10 points 13 hours ago

So 5% of girls?

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 12 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

This is the only kind of unions rich people will tolerate or accept

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 hours ago

“No strike, only strikebreakers”

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Meanwhile in the states, Republicans are taking notes.

[–] JustPlainDave@lemmy.zip 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Ohhh. The nation of Columbia. For some reason I was thinking Columbia University and was very confused.

[–] dapratom@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Colombia like the country and not Columbia like the house where you were getting 32 CDs for free lol