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https://wbl.worldbank.org/en/reports 8 Thomson Reuters, Turkey should reject child abuse law shielding men who marry from punishment: U.N; https://www.reuters.com/article/usturkey-politics-law-sexcrimes-idUSKBN13G22K 9 The Guardian, Iran lawmakers pass bill allowing men to marry adopted daughters; https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/26/iranlawmakers-men-wed-adopted-daughters 21 UN Women, Equality in Law for Women and Girls by 2030: A multistakeholder strategy for accelerated action (2019); https://www. unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2019/03/equality-in-law-forwomen-and-girls-by-2030 22 U.N Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls, Report of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against Women in Law and in practice (2018); https://undocs.org/A/HRC/38/46 23 World Policy Analysis Center, Is there a gender disparity in the legal age of marriage?; https://www.worldpolicycenter.org/policies/is-there-a-genderdisparity-in-the-legal-age-of-marriage/is-there-a-gender-disparity-in-theminimum-legal-age-of-marriage-with-parental-consent 24 https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/ 25 Equality Now, Protecting the Girl Child: Using the Law to end Child, Early and Forced Marriage and related human rights violations; https://www. equalitynow.org/protecting_the_girl_child_using_the_law_to_end_child_ early_and_forced_marriage_and_related_human_rights_violations 26 United Nations General Assembly, Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 2018; https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc. asp?symbol=A/RES/73/153 27 https://www.equalitynow.org/end_child_marriage_us 28 https://www.equalitynow.org/era 29 Equality Now, The State We’re In; https://www.equalitynow.org/the_ state_we_re_in_campaign 30 https://equalnationalityrights.org/ 10 UN Women, Equality in Law for Women and Girls by 2030: A multistakeholder strategy for accelerated action (2019); https://www. unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2019/03/equality-in-law-forwomen-and-girls-by-2030 31 https://www.equalitynow.org/era 11 G7: Biarritz Call for Gender Equality (2019); https://www.elysee.fr/admin/ upload/default/0001/05/c47fb3263f613522a886e2636b40f0d55ec5ef6e.pdf 33 https://www.equalitynow.org/era 12 U.N Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls, Report of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against Women in Law and in practice (2018); 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