According to estimates by the non-governmental organization Save the Children, which has a network in more than 120 countries and is headquartered in the UK, in 2017, every day, more than 12,000 girls under 15 years old will become child brides, entering marriage.
According to estimates by the non-governmental organization Save the Children, which has a network in more than 120 countries and is headquartered in the UK, in 2017, every day, more than 12,000 girls under 15 years old will become child brides, entering marriage.
Khadra, 16, holds her two-month-old daughter in her home in Somalia.
Khadra, 16, holds her two-month-old daughter in her home in Somalia.
In the photo is Aisha, who was forced to get married when she was 13 years old.
In the photo is Aisha, who was forced to get married when she was 13 years old.
Many young girls were kidnapped by Muslim rebel groups and forced into marriage, after killing their entire families.
Among them, a 6-year-old girl was sold as a wife to a man 40 years older than her in exchange for a goat in Afghanistan, or an 8-year-old child bride in Yemen died of bleeding after her wedding night.
In the photo is Sahar, Syrian.
Many young girls were kidnapped by Muslim rebel groups and forced into marriage, after killing their entire families.
Among them, a 6-year-old girl was sold as a wife to a man 40 years older than her in exchange for a goat in Afghanistan, or an 8-year-old child bride in Yemen died of bleeding after her wedding night.
In the photo is Sahar, Syrian.
Afrah was only 16 years old when she had to get married because her family could not afford to support her.
`Every 7 seconds in the world, a girl gets married. In the time it takes you to eat a piece of sprouts, a child, like your daughter, sister, cousin or niece, has to get married.
`The children are discriminated against, abused both physically and mentally, and abandoned by their families and communities. The child bride is pregnant, her body is not ready for childbirth. Therefore, giving birth
Afrah was only 16 years old when she had to get married because her family could not afford to support her.
`Every 7 seconds in the world, a girl gets married. In the time it takes you to eat a piece of sprouts, a child, like your daughter, sister, cousin or niece, has to get married.
`The children are discriminated against, abused both physically and mentally, and abandoned by their families and communities. The child bride is pregnant, her body is not ready for childbirth. Therefore, giving birth
Tasnim, 16 years old, Syrian, lives with her husband in Lebanon.
Save the Children ranked 144 countries with ideal living environments for children and women according to the following criteria: child marriage, rate of children attending school, pregnancy rate, and death rate during childbirth.
Tasnim, 16 years old, Syrian, lives with her husband in Lebanon.
Save the Children ranked 144 countries with ideal living environments for children and women according to the following criteria: child marriage, rate of children attending school, pregnancy rate, and death rate during childbirth.
Halima, 17 years old, was forced into marriage when she was 15 years old.
The international community has committed to ending child marriage before 2030, but if this trend continues, the number of girls in child marriage will increase from more than 700 million today to about 950 million in 2030 and 1.2 billion in 2050.
International agencies admit that the major difficulty in ending child marriage is the cultural tradition of child marriage that has existed for centuries in many countries.
McNeill believes that child marriage is deeply ingrained in social conventions. If you want to change it, you must increase the impact on the community such as religious leaders or women’s groups.
Halima, 17 years old, was forced into marriage when she was 15 years old.
The international community has committed to ending child marriage before 2030, but if this trend continues, the number of girls in child marriage will increase from more than 700 million today to about 950 million in 2030 and 1.2 billion in 2050.
International agencies admit that the major difficulty in ending child marriage is the cultural tradition of child marriage that has existed for centuries in many countries.
McNeill believes that child marriage is deeply ingrained in social conventions. If you want to change it, you must increase the impact on the community such as religious leaders or women’s groups.
Hong Hanh (according to Save the Children)
