{"cache_age":"3600","width":"920","description":"Child marriage remains a highly persistent challenge in Uganda. Approximately 34% of girls in Uganda enter unions before the age of 18 while 7% marry before the age of 15.  40% of the girls in rural areas marry in childhood compared to 21% in urban areas. While the minimum legal age of marriage is 18, harmful traditional norms, extreme poverty, and high teenage pregnancy rates continue to drive the practice, particularly in rural and in the Eastern regions of Uganda.","html":"<iframe src='https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/dy\/v2\/oembed\/?format=html&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalgiving.org%2Fprojects%2Fdelay-marriage-promote-schooling%2F' style='width:920px;height:613px;border:0;'><\/iframe>","type":"rich","title":"Delay Marriage Promote Schooling for Ugandan Girls on GlobalGiving","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/pfil\/18515\/pict_large.jpg","version":"1.0","height":"613"}