UN says 140 million girls are `missing'

Updated July 1 2020 - 2:11pm, first published 2:06pm
One-in-five marriages that take place today is to an underage girl.
One-in-five marriages that take place today is to an underage girl.

More than 140 million girls are considered "missing" today because of a preference for sons over daughters and extreme neglect of young girls leading to their death, the UN Population Fund says in its annual report.

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