# Our World in English: Fighting child marriage through football

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Podcast: [Learning English from the News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559)
Published: 2026-03-27T12:07:00+00:00
Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0n9562z
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Though illegal, child marriage is widely practiced in India. UNICEF’s latest estimate is that 216 million girls and women in India today have been married before they turned 18. But some girls and young women are trying to resist the practice. In this short documentary, we meet Munna, who found an unusual way out of becoming a child bride - through playing football. This episode of is based on the documentary India's sportswomen playing to be seen from Assignment on the BBC World Service. The original programme was reported by Divya Arya and produced by John Murphy. Find the original programme here https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6rcv Get our latest programmes. Subscribe to our free email newsletter: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/newsletters

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