5 in 100 Girls in Colombia Are Trapped in Forced Unions
A report by the Plan Foundation, released in Colombia, has highlighted the scale of child marriage and forced early unions in the country. According to data collected by the organization, five in every 100 adolescent girls ages 14 to 17 are in such unions, while more than 2,000 minors are involved in forced early relationships.
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That's a weird way to say 1 in 20
Not as weird as 34 in 680…
This is the only kind of unions rich people will tolerate or accept
Police unions too
“No strike, only strikebreakers”
So 5% of girls?
Maybe the writer had never seen a percentage before and had to have it explained to them and decided nobody else should have their brain tested thus.
Meanwhile in the states, Republicans are taking notes.
Ohhh. The nation of Columbia. For some reason I was thinking Columbia University and was very confused.
Colombia like the country and not Columbia like the house where you were getting 32 CDs for free lol