Each year, 12 million underaged girls are forced into marriage - a crisis that at the current rate will take over 300 years to fix, says the UN.

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Now, three of the world's most high-profile humanitarians have vowed to tackle the issue together. In a BBC 100 Women exclusive, Michelle Obama, Amal Clooney and Melinda French Gates talk to BBC Gender and Identity Correspondent Megha Mohan about the work they do to combat child marriage and amplify the efforts of grassroots organisations.

0:47 Introduction
02:54 Urgency of child marriage issue
04:18 Michelle Obama visits Ludzi School
06:36 Melinda French Gates on talking to world leaders
09:12 Child marriage in the US
11:42 Clooney Foundation on "waging justice"
12:37 Amal Clooney visits a mobile law clinic in Malawi
14:58 The attention on Obama visits
17:13 Amal Clooney on marrying late
18:01 Girl Boss v Collectives
20:37 Reproductive rights rollback in US

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Reporter: Megha Mohan
Producer and director: Yousef Eldin
Unit producer: Emma Ailes
Filmed by: Oli Caldow, Yousef Eldin, Emma Ailes
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BBC 100 Women editor: Golnoosh Golshani
Commissioning editors: Claire Williams, Fiona Crack
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