The minimum age of marriage under Nepali law is 20 years of age. April 24, 2016. Thirty-seven percent of girls in Nepal marry before age 18, and 10 percent are married by age 15. © 2016 Smita Sharma for Human Rights Watch A girl plays in a public park in Patan, Nepal. She said she had no knowledge of pregnancy and reproductive health or family planning, and wishes she had not gotten pregnant. Sharmila said she regrets marrying early and leaving school. She said that when rumors spread in her village about her relationship with her then-boyfriend, her parents tried to separate them, so they eloped. At the time this picture was taken she was seven months pregnant. Sharmila G., 14, eloped at age 12 and married an 18-year-old man.
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