article_snippet.sent: A 13-year-old Indian girl faced with an arranged marriage father Lachhu, who lives in Gudibanda with Duli's mother, said child marriage was a common phenomenon in Her father Lachhu, who lives in Gudibanda with Duli's mother society.
article_snippet.sent: But India has the second highest number of child marriages, according to a UN report.
article_snippet.sent: Nearly 52 per cent of girls are married before reaching 18 years old, Indian records show.
article_snippet.sent: Between 2011 and 2020 more than 140 million girls will become child brides globally, analysts estimate.
article_snippet.sent: Above, women and girls sit waiting to be married in a mass wedding ceremony in India .
article_snippet.sent: Despite numerous campaigns from many of the world's largest charities and NGOs, the issue of child brides remains a global concern.
article_snippet.sent: In 2013 there were around 57.5 million child brides across the world, 40 per cent of which married in India.
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, in Africa, 42 per cent of girls were married before turning 18 compared to 29 per cent in Latin America and the Caribbean.
article_snippet.sent: The number of child brides is estimated to rise to 140 million by 2020 if current trends continue, 18.5 million of which will be under 15 years old, analysts warn.
article_snippet.sent: Statistics show that girls living in poor households are almost twice as likely to marry before 18 than girls in higher income households.
article_snippet.sent: And girls younger than 15 are also five times more likely to die in childbirth than women in girls younger than 15 20s.