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Child marriage
Child marriage can be used as part of the trafficking process, where children are forced to marry and then disappear. It can also be used by men to exploit children, using them as domestic servants and sex slaves.
‘I was only 10, he was 55. He already had two wives, and as the third I was expected to look after his goats and cows. Nine months later, because I had still not given him a baby, he began tasking me with all the difficult jobs.’