Three of the world’s most influential women – Michelle Obama, Amal Clooney and Melinda French Gates – have told BBC 100 Women they want to end child marriage within a generation.
Each year, 12 million underaged girls are forced into marriage – a crisis that at the current rate will take over 300 years to fix, according to the UN.
But former First Lady Mrs Obama told BBC News "it is an issue that can be solved tomorrow".
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