NADA AL-AHDALHuman rights activist London – UKfrom Yemen, living in the UK Donate to Youth Foundation (opens in a new tab) Nada FoundationOfficial website - Nada Foundation, Yemen (opens in a new tab)
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Girls Not Brides | “I thought…I will be able to help my family.”

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Girls Not Brides for End Child Marriage

“I thought…I will be able to help my family.”

18-year-old Mehak heard that marrying a Chinese man would bring her family money. Little did she know, marriage was not what she was signing up for.

Hundreds of women and girls from Pakistan have been promised marriage and a better life. Instead, they end up sold into sex slavery.

Do you support child marriage?

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