![Sharmila G., 14, eloped at age 12 and married an 18-year-old man. At the time this picture was taken she was seven months pregnant. She said that when rumors spread in her village about her relationship with her then-boyfriend, her parents tried to separa](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-asia-nepal-photo-01.jpg?itok=_iHlB0KW)
![A girl plays in a public park in Patan, Nepal. Thirty-seven percent of girls in Nepal marry before age 18, and 10 percent are married by age 15. The minimum age of marriage under Nepali law is 20 years of age.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-asia-nepal-photo-02.jpg?itok=N-FSoadl)
![Tilmaya M., 18, eloped and married a 20-year-old man when she was 15. Her husband comes from her village in Chitwan, Nepal. Tilmaya said when she was 11 years old, her father took her out of school and sent her to Pokhara to work as a domestic worker.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-asia-nepal-photo-03.jpg?itok=AzgKQ23J)
![A five-year-old girl sits in a nursery school, which she is attending with a scholarship funded by a private sponsor. Quality education provides protection from child marriage—girls who are in school are less likely to marry. April 12, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-asia-nepal-photo-04.jpg?itok=ViFADgkq)
![Lalita B., 17, had an arranged marriage at the age of 12 with a 37-year-old man. She became pregnant soon after marriage, and two of her newborns died. Lalita’s third child survived. Lalita’s husband abandoned her in 2015 and married another woman.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-asia-nepal-photo-05.jpg?itok=G7dUIzZ-)
![17-year-old Anjana M., married at 14, sits outside her home with her two-year-old daughter Ishita. Anjana’s aunt and uncle pressured her to marry her husband because of rumors about her relationship with him. Anjana’s father sent her to Pokhara when she w](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-asia-nepal-photo-06.jpg?itok=jcpw-1mK)
![Ganga M., 17, sits inside her home in Kailali, Nepal. Ganga had an arranged marriage at the age of 16 and was five months pregnant when this photograph was taken. Her husband works as a cook in India.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-asia-nepal-photo-08.jpg?itok=EjBuBw1x)
![Lalita B., 17, with her mother Rajmati B. and daughter outside their home in Kailali, Nepal. Lalita had an arranged marriage at age 12 with a 37-year-old man. She became pregnant soon after marriage, and two of her newborns died. Lalita's third child surv](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-asia-nepal-photo-09.jpg?itok=h7glAOZI)
![Sarita M., 17, with her infant daughter at her home in Chitwan, Nepal. Sarita eloped and married an 18-year-old man at the age of 15. Her husband works as a laborer in India.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-asia-nepal-photo-10.jpg?itok=-9HOluZJ)
![Nine-year-old Selina T. helps her friend Bipana L., 11, wash dishes and utensils in Lalitpur, Nepal where both girls live and work. Both girls work in a brick kiln to help their parents. Bipana attended school for only one day; Selina is still in school,](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-asia-nepal-photo-11.jpg?itok=9XULznwF)
![Pavitra M., 16, and Kalpana T., 19, both eloped and married at the age of 15 to get away from extreme poverty at their parents' homes. Both of their husbands live and work in India.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-asia-nepal-photo-12.jpg?itok=DyiT88hX)
![Sharmila G., 14, and Sharda D., 15, stand together in Kailali, Nepal. Sharda is still in school and does not want to marry, like many of the other girls in her community. Sharmila eloped and married at 12 and was seven months pregnant when this photograph](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-asia-nepal-photo-13.jpg?itok=gCXyzN5g)
![Manju M., 16, Tilmaya M., 18, and Sangeeta M., 19, wait with their children outside of a doctor’s office in Chitwan, Nepal. The parents of Manju M. arranged her marriage to a 19-year-old man when she was 15. Tilmaya M. eloped and married a 20-year-old man](/sites/default/files/styles/image_gallery/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-asia-nepal-photo-14.jpg?itok=KeHkM1QD)
Matrimonio infantil en Nepal
Ganga M., de 17 años, sentada en su casa en Kailali, Nepal. Ganga tenía un matrimonio arreglado a la edad de 16 años y estaba embarazada de cinco meses cuando esta fotografía fue tomada. Su marido trabaja como cocinero en la India. 25 de abril de 2016.
© 2016 Smita Sharma for Human Rights Watch