Child marriage rising among refugees and host communities in South Sudan

Country: South Sudan Source: United Nations Population Fund UPPER NILE STATE, South Sudan — “I was married and had my first child at 14 years old,” said Betty*, who fled conflict in Sudan only to find further uncertainty in South Sudan. Along with more than half a million refugees and returnees from neighbouring Sudan, Betty is currently seeking safe haven in a village in Renk County, in Upper Nile State. The area has witnessed some of the fiercest fighting in South Sudan’s current crisis, and m