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Fact sheet: marriage
- Women head 1.8% of households in rural and nomadic areas and 2.4% in urban areas (2005) [UNIFEM]
- An estimated 60 - 80% of women face forced marriages in Afghanistan (2007) [HDR 07]
- The mean age at marriage in Afghanistan is about 17.8 years for women and 25.3 years for men [UNIFEM]
- The mean age at first marriage of women is 17.9 years. Nine percent of women aged 20-49 were married before reaching age 15. This proportion has declined to three percent for those currently aged 15-19 [NRVA 2007/8 ]
- 57% of girls who are married do so before the legal age of 16 (2006) [UNIFEM]
- There are 1 million widows in Afghanistan [UNIFEM]
- In Kabul, the estimated 30,000 to 50,000 war widows are approximately 35 years old. 94% are unable to read and write and about 90% have children (2005) [UNIFEM]
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