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    Nepal Cracks Down on Illegal Marriage Bureaus as ‘Bride Hunting’ of Nepali Women for China Surges

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    Voices of Loss: Hundreds of Girls Reveal How Child Marriage Stole Their Childhoods

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    Pakistan: Minority Children Face Systemic Abuse, Says UNICEF Report

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    Pakistan: Shagufta Khan’s Mission Against Child Marriages in Balochistan

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    South Asian Women, Girls Need Responsive Legal System to Gender Violence

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