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Correct answer! Stop child marriage (The Global Program to End Child Marriage) is run by UNFPA and UNICEF and will last until 2030.

Correct answer! Zonta has been contributing since 2018 and was then the first and is still the only private donor in the project. Before that, Zonta contributed in the years 2014-2018 to the Delaying Early Marriage project in Niger in collaboration with UNFPA.

Correct answer! The project covers 12 countries: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Yemen and Zambia. These countries are home to almost half of the world's child brides, about 300 million.

Correct answer! Half of the 12 countries in the project have adopted a strategy and set a budget to stop child marriage. These are: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique, Uganda and Zambia.

Correct answer! Girls who are married off often get pregnant early and give birth when they are children themselves. Complications during pregnancy and childbirth are the most common cause of death for girls between the ages of 15 and 19 worldwide.

Correct answer! Every year, it is estimated that around 12 million girls become child brides, which is 33,000 girls every day, i.e. one girl every three seconds.

Correct answer! It is very positive to see that the number of child marriages has decreased in most regions. During the last 10 years, the percentage of young women who marry as children has decreased from about 23 percent to about 19 percent.

Correct answer! In 2018, only 2 states, Delaware and New Jersey, had put an end to child marriage under the age of 18. Today, 10 of the 50 states have an age limit of 18 – Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Rhode Island, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, Michigan and Connecticut.

Correct answer! There is no national survey, but on September 14, 2023, the Equality Authority was commissioned by the government to, among other things, survey and analyze the occurrence of child marriage, forced marriage and polygamy in Sweden. Accounting must take place to the government on 27 February 2025.

Correct answer! In 1734, it was decided that the minimum marriageable age for women would be 15 years. It was raised to 17 years in 1892, except for Sami women. The exception for Sami was removed in 1915 when the marriage age for all women was set to 18.

Correct answer! Since 2019, foreign child marriages will generally not be valid in Sweden. But in some exceptional cases, a foreign child marriage can still be recognised, it is then required that both must be over 18 when they apply to have the marriage registered in Sweden and that they got married before January 1, 2019 or that there are special reasons.

Correct answer! Children under the age of 15 have an absolute right to be protected from sexual acts. It is a crime to have sex with someone under the age of 15. This also applies if you consider yourself married to the child. Anyone who has intercourse or performs other sexual acts with a child under the age of 15 is guilty of child rape.