Any formal marriage or informal union between a child under the age of 18 and an adult or another child and about 12 million girls are married in this way every year ,Child marriage robs girls of their childhood and threatens their lives and health. Girls who marry before 18 are more likely to experience domestic violence and less likely to remain in school. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for ending the practice of child marriage by 2030. Has the united nations failed to act on early child marriages ?

