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Child marriage is not the solution. Child marriage should not be condoned. 

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Child marriage is a violation against human rights.

Child marriage is a formal marriage or informal union of two parties, either one or both parties under the age of 18 years old.

It is reality for both girls and boys, but most negatively impacted would be the girls. Girls are subjected to much abuse and are forced into marriages unwillingly.

Picture taken from:  Img.washingtonpost.com. (2018). [online] Available at: https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://img.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2015/08/Child-Marriage-09.jpg&w=1484 [Accessed 10 May 2018].

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Look at her face Her cheeks glisten with tears Her hair adorned with bright colored head pieces Yet her eyes don’t sparkle they well up with tears 

Child brides are usually detached from society with bounded freedom and often feel disempowered.

Picture taken from:  Alexiafoundation.org. (2018). Alexia Foundation : Stephanie Sinclair. [online] Available at: https://www.alexiafoundation.org/stories/the-bride-price-child-marriage-in-india [Accessed 10 May 2018].

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Justice will be served. We can make a change. 

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A girl is born. She’s harmless and innocent, yet she’s subjected to the atrocities and unjust of this manipulative world. She grows up in poverty, in a village where boys are deemed better than girls, where girls are vulnerable. Her parents want the best for her and the family. They want to give her a better life with security that she will have food on her plate, that she will not get raped while walking on the street. Yet, they are in desperate need for money. They need to feed their own family. One less mouth to feed would be a blessing. And the only way to do that is to marry her off. 

Child marriage is the product of many existing traditions and problems in the world. We need to help them and eradicate the root problem. Help these girls escape their sorrows.

Picture taken from:  African Leadership Magazine. (2018). Sierra Leone to End Child Marriage - African Leadership Magazine. [online] Available at: http://africanleadership.co.uk/sierra-leone-end-child-marriage/ [Accessed 10 May 2018].

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Child marriage affects every aspect of a girl’s life - they are denied their childhood and their rights to health, safety and education. 

Stop child marriages and allow girls the freedom to choose their own lives.

picture taken from:  Islamicity.org. (2018). [online] Available at: http://www.islamicity.org/wp-content/plugins/blueprint-timthumb/timthumb.php?src=/global/images/photo/IC-Articles/cryingwomen__1024x633.JPG&w=1200&h=675&q=50 [Accessed 6 May 2018].

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Statistics have shown that child marriage is very prevalent in South Asia, particularly India. 

“Almost half of all child brides worldwide live in South Asia; 1 in 3 are in India”

- UNICEF

picture taken from:  Vectors, R., Vectors, D. and Image, D. (2018). Detailed map of india asia with all states and vector image on VectorStock. [online] VectorStock. Available at: https://www.vectorstock.com/royalty-free-vector/detailed-map-of-india-asia-with-all-states-and-vector-19235598 [Accessed 10 May 2018].

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Another place that has the most number child marriages seen is Africa.

“ Niger has the highest overall prevalence of child marriage in the world.”

- UNICEF

Picture taken from:  Ontheworldmap.com. (2018). Africa Maps | Maps of Africa - OnTheWorldMap.com. [online] Available at: http://ontheworldmap.com/africa/ [Accessed 10 May 2018].

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This is Rawan. She was 8 years old when she was married off to a man 5 times her age, before suffering internal injuries on her wedding night and dying due to intercourse. Her uterine had been bleeding profusely and despite being sent to the medic, she could not be saved and was eventually pronounced dead. 

Tragic things like these do not happen just once in a while. Girls around the world are being subjected to the hands of older men who should have never looked at them with dark thoughts in their minds. Their childhoods and their lives, even, are being taken away from them without their consent.

News on child marriages only emerge once someone has died. There are millions of girls out there still being subjected to this torture. What is to happen to the countless number of girls still being sold off as soon as they bleed? 

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“All girls have the right to live free from violence and coercion, without being forced into marriage or the lifelong and psychological effects of female genital mutilation”

— David Cameron, UK’s Girl Summit

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Aisha was married, when she was just 10, to a boy who was 16 years old and still a school student.

Aisha’s husband wanted a sexual relationship and resorted to violence by beating her to get what he wanted .

Her hands were fractured, and her eyes suffered injuries from the severe beatings. Early on in the marriage, Aisha fell pregnant twice, both children dying due to her extremely young age.

No one helped her because this practice was seen as a tradition - where it was a given that every man had a right to beat their wife to get what he wanted.

Aisha suffered from psychological problems, physical injuries and the loss of freedom and rights.

“We need financial help, we need centres in this village - where we can be taught skills and work, and earn money for our families so we don’t have to be sold as child brides. We also need mental health institutions so people with mental health issues like me can recover.” ~ Aisha

No child deserves a life like this, help put a stop to child marriages.

photo taken from: Shutterstock.com. (2018). Girl Silhouette At Dawn (close-up) Stock Footage Video 5034089 | Shutterstock. [online] Available at: https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-5034089-stock-footage-girl-silhouette-at-dawn-close-up.html [Accessed 6 May 2018].

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A child bride in Turkey, known only by the name “Derya B”, died of a brain hemorrhage after giving birth at the age of 15. She was married when she was only 14 years old and was believed to have died due to giving birth at too young an age. 

“The pregnancies of children who have not completed their physical development and whose organs have not yet completely developed often end in death.”, said Gynaecology expert Professor Aydan Biri. 

She had her life taken away from her because of child marriage. Children and teenagers should not have to conceive a child at such a young age. None of these girls subjected to child marriage deserve a life like this. 

Say no to child marriage. 

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Ilham Mahdi al Assi, a 13-year-old Yemeni girl, died of internal injuries four days after an arranged marriage to a man almost twice her age.

She was married in a traditional arrangement known as a ‘swap marriage’, in which the brother of the bride also marries the sister of the groom, so both parties could avoid having to pay expensive bride-prices.

A medical report from the hospital said she suffered a tear to her genitals and severe bleeding from mistreat by her husband.

The practice of marrying young girls is widespread in Yemen, with more than a quarter of females marrying before the age 15. Children do not deserve to live such traumatic childhoods. 

Help put a stop to child marriages.

picture taken from: Mail Online. (2018). Child bride, 13, dies of internal injuries four days after arranged marriage in Yemen. [online] Available at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1264729/Child-bride-13-dies-internal-injuries-days-arranged-marriage-Yemen.html [Accessed 6 May 2018].

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This is Saraswati Kumari from Ruki village in Gumla district . She is seventeen. She has successfully escaped the wrath of child marriage. Initially, she was arranged to marry an older man and she had no family support. Her father had passed away 2 years ago and her mother was banished from the family. She was in custody of her uncle who had threatened her if she failed to marry the man. She wrote a letter of complaint to the Deputy Commissioner of the District and her marriage was postponed. She is now studying and works as a seamstress.

“My father had a dream, to see me educated and self- reliant. I want to fulfill his wish. Marriage can wait.”  - Saraswati Kurmari

picture taken from:  Unicef.in. (2018). Unveiling Life: Saraswati Fights Against Child Marriage | UNICEF. [online] Available at: http://unicef.in/Story/732/Unveiling-Life-Saraswati-Fights-Against-Child-Marriage [Accessed 10 May 2018].

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This is Taharima, 16, from Bangladesh. An active member and president of the local National Children Task Force and Youth Forum, she escaped her forced marriage by telling her people that she wanted to continue studying, that she did not want the marriage. She even took the initiative to garner support from organisations. 

Let others be like her. Say no to child marriage.

Picture taken from:  Theirworld. (2018). Meet some inspiring young people who are fighting for children’s rights. [online] Available at: https://theirworld.org/news/inspiring-young-people-international-childrens-peace-prize-child-labour-child-marriage-bullying-education [Accessed 10 May 2018].

original photo source: KidsRights Foundation

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This is Eunice, 15 from Kenya, Africa.

She was only 9 years old when she was sent to live with another man. She stayed with him and his other wives for 2 weeks where she was abused tirelessly. 

Maybe it was luck, may be it was a god sent gift. One of the wives helped her to escape from the house. The road she escaped led her to the Samburu Girls Foundation.

Now, she is 15 and helping other girls in the same plight as her.

She has made it out of her plight. Help others do so too. Stop child marriage

picture taken from:  Kyle Almond, C. (2018). They escaped child marriage. Now they’re speaking out. [online] CNN. Available at: https://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/22/world/cnnphotos-too-young-to-wed/index.html [Accessed 10 May 2018].

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Child marriage is not the solution. Child marriage should not be condoned.