They were very often despised because of the very widespread practice of child marriages.

由于普遍的童婚行为，她们常常被人看不起。

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Even the law of the land didn't have enough power to stop these child marriages taking place.

甚至当地法律也不足以阻止童婚的发生。

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So countries with a high prevalence of child marriages also tend to have low literacy rates for young women.

所以儿童婚姻极为普遍的国家，其年轻女性的识字率也往往很低。

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In many cases, an increase in the number of child marriages was observed once the downturn hit.

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But it seems unlikely the problem of child marriages in Rajasthan will be stopped in the immediate future.

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But clearly, India needs to do more to protect its girls and stop child marriages than raise the age of consent.

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