“Bolivia has become the 14th country in Latin America to ban child marriage after girls across the country and Save the Children joined a campaign to criminalize the practice.

Bolivia’s parliament this week passed legislation banning marriages and civil unions with children following a four-year campaign by Save the Children, IPAS Bolivia, Coordinadora de la Mujer and other local NGOs.  

Under the previous law, children aged 16 and 17 could marry if they had authorization from parents or guardians. The new bill ends this legal exception.”

From Save the Children.