Indonesia's parliament has revised marriage laws to lift the minimum age at which women can marry by three years to 19, a move welcomed by campaigners as a step towards curbing child marriage in the world's biggest Muslim majority-country.
All factions in parliament agreed the revision at a plenary session on Monday, according to a statement on its website.
Indonesia is among the 10 countries in the world with the highest number of child brides, according to campaign group Girls Not Brides.
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