 Hajia Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary General, has said that worldwide about 6 million girls got married during their childhood. Mohammed said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the two-day Northern Traditional and Religious Leaders Summit on Ending Gender-Based Violence GBV. The theme of the summit was awareness to take in action. It was organized by the Sultan Foundation for Peace and Development in partnership with UNFPA and Spotlight Initiative. She condemned the act of forcing a girl child into early marriage capable of exposing her to all forms of violence. The UN Deputy's tribe urged traditional and religious leaders to help eradicate the menace.