Child brides: How old is too young to marry? – Inside Story
The United Nations is warning that millions more young girls are destined to become child brides, saying if current trends hold many will be under the age of 15. The marrying off of young girls is a culturally sensitive issue, and one that draws a range of reactions from different countries and different communities. Critics […]
Changing Attitudes on Child Marriage
Around half the girls in India get married before the age of 18. Maharashtra has one of the highest numbers of such marriages. In this video, IndiaUnheard Community Correspondent Rohini Pawar interviews two girls who recently saw their friend getting married. Both are thankful that it wasn’t them. Rohini was herself married at the age […]
Women in Yemen: Partners in Change [Full Version]
Partners for Democratic Change and our local affiliate, Partners Yemen, are working with women leaders in the remote tribal areas of Yemen to resolve local conflicts, promote education and health, and create locally-led, democratic solutions to issues of poverty and underdevelopment that plague the area. On Monday, April 29, 2013, Partners for Democratic Change is […]
Child Marriage: South Sudan
(Juba, March 7, 2013) — The government of South Sudan should increase efforts to protect girls from child marriage. The country’s widespread child marriage exacerbates South Sudan’s pronounced gender gaps in school enrollment, contributes to soaring maternal mortality rates, and violates the right of girls to be free from violence, and to marry only when […]
Forced to live at home in Yemen – vpro Metropolis
Taha is married and in Yemen that means you still live at home with your mother. Along with your wife, your children, your brothers and the rest of your family, all under one roof. Taha is sick and tired of living in chaos and wants to find his own place where he is left alone. […]
is children marriage allowed in Islam?
a debate between a Salafi sheikh and Sunni sheikh about child marriage in Islam source
Child Marriage Must stop, by Sneha Praja Video
’12 women who had all been married as children produced this video speaking out against child marriage, which they then screened in their villages on wide screen projectors. This video and project was the beginning of Video Volunteers’ Community Video Unit Program. Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/CRLv/ source
India's Innocent: Secret Weddings of Child Brides – CBN.com
In India, marrying off a daughter means one less mouth to feed, which is why children are forced to illegally marry very young. CBN News was there for one ceremony… The Christian Broadcasting Network CBN http://www.cbn.com source
Turkey's never ending tragedy: Child Brides
Early marriages are seen in all regions of the world, and are also common in Turkey. (Hurriyet Daily News + UNFPA Turkey CO) source
Yemen's other crisis: early marriage
More than 10 million people in Yemen are facing a severe food crisis. Many families have exhausted their ways of coping, and some are marrying off their young daughters in order to ease the burden of the crisis and feed their children. Oxfam is helping people to cope with the crisis by providing cash payments […]