{"id":14033,"date":"2026-05-31T09:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T09:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/31\/un-concern-rising-child-marriages-afghanistan-conflict\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T09:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T09:30:19","slug":"un-concern-rising-child-marriages-afghanistan-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/31\/un-concern-rising-child-marriages-afghanistan-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Raises Alarm Over Rising Child Marriages in Afghanistan Amid Ongoing Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations has expressed concern over the increase in child marriages in Afghanistan and other war-torn regions, attributing this worrying trend primarily to the escalating humanitarian crisis and continuing conflicts. The UN emphasized that the consequences of war and instability disproportionately affect women and girls.<\/p>\n<p>Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, said at a press briefing on Friday that rising humanitarian needs and prolonged conflicts have placed families in difficult economic and social situations, creating conditions that facilitate an increase in underage marriages.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is one of the tragic consequences of conflict, impacting women and girls more than anyone else,&#8221; he stated. According to Dujarric, consecutive crises and widespread insecurity have limited girls&#8217; access to education and development opportunities, exposing them to greater vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n<p>In Afghanistan, concerns over the human rights situation of women and girls have intensified following the Taliban&#8217;s return to power and the tightening of restrictions on their education and social participation. International organizations have repeatedly warned that educational and economic constraints may increase family vulnerabilities and foster the spread of phenomena such as child marriage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UN warns of rising child marriages in Afghanistan due to ongoing conflict, humanitarian crises, and restrictions on girls&#8217; education and rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international","category-top-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}