Coronavirus puts millions more at risk of child marriage: UN

The coronavirus pandemic is reversing progress on ending child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM), jeopardising the futures of millions of girls, Natalia Kanem, head of the United Nations' sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA said. An additional 13 million girls could be married off and two million more could undergo female genital mutilation in the next decade, UNFPA said.