Girls Not Brides for End Child Marriage
“He was starting to threaten my family. I became really angry and afraid. I was very young and I couldn’t handle marriage. When my father saw all that, he told us to come here. I brought my younger sister because my father knew if she remained behind, then she would encounter similar problems. I feel now that I have more freedom. We were welcomed by SOFERES and now we have hairdressing skills. From that I can earn a living.”
Wanyi (left) fled from DRC to a refugee camp in Malawi to escape being married as a child. With support from SOFERES, a grassroots feminist collective founded by refugee women, Wanyi has learned skills to support herself and her younger sister Miriam in their new home.
????: Girls Not Brides/Thom Pierce
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