Child marriages continue despite the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the Gambia and the criminalisation of forced marriage of girlsaged less than16 years pursuant to the criminal code. This phenomenon is more common in rural areas and among girls, who are sometimes as young as 12 years at the time of marriage. A study noted that 7% of girls were married off at the age of 15 and 36% at age 18. The Gambia

The Gambia, 2020