Ford Foundation Commits $25 Million to Help End Child Marriage

The Ford Foundation announced a five-year, $25 million commitment to help end child marriage, a harmful practice that afflicts the lives of 10 million girls in dozens of countries around the world each year. These girls are routinely married off, often against their will, with one in seven married before age 15.

The announcement came at a State Department event to observe the first International Day of the Girl Child.