Pressure builds on Palestinian girls to marry as Gaza sees rise in child marriage rates – UNFPA

Mar 22, 2026 1:40 pm | Jpost

(ILLUSTRATIVE) A homeless Palestinian bride walks with her mother (R) during her wedding ceremony at a United Nations-run school sheltering displaced Palestinians from the Israeli offensive, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip August 17, 2014. (photo credit: REUTERS/IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA)
The likely cause of the increasing number of child brides seen in the Palestinian territory is the displacement, poverty, and collapse of social, legal, health, and protection systems.
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