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The rates of child marriage and early pregnancy in the country remain at an alarming level. The situation is particularly severe in informal urban settlements, or slums. In these areas, 65 percent of adolescent girls are married before turning 18. Moreover, within the first year of marriage, 73 percent of women become pregnant, and nearly half of those pregnancies are unintended.

To read more: The rates of child marriage and early pregnancy in the country remain at an alarming level. The situation is particularly severe in informal urban settlements, or slums. In these areas, 65 percent of adolescent girls are married before turning 18. Moreover, within the first year of marriage, 73 percent of women become pregnant, and nearly half of those pregnancies are unintended.