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  "path": "/2026/03/04/child-marriage-young-girls-social-media/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-04T21:15:39.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Education",
    "Global",
    "Health",
    "Violence & Harassment",
    "Artificial Intelligence or AI",
    "Child Abuse",
    "Child Marriage",
    "Global Women's Rights",
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    "From DM’s to I Do’s: Five Ways Social Media Is Reshaping Child Marriage",
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  "textContent": "As the world goes digital, so does the ancient practice of child marriage.\n\nMore than half a billion women and girls living today are, or were, child brides. Among young adult women aged 20 to 24, one in five was married before age 18.\n\nBut that doesn’t mean that child marriage has stayed the same. There has been gradual progress in ending child marriage (around a decade ago, one in four women was married under 18). And technology is playing a growing role, both in cases where girls say “I do” and in cases where they say “I don’t.\"\n\nThe post From DM’s to I Do’s: Five Ways Social Media Is Reshaping Child Marriage appeared first on Ms. Magazine.",
  "title": "From DM’s to I Do’s: Five Ways Social Media Is Reshaping Child Marriage"
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