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New Yemen charter could ban child marriages

Girls as young as eight are routinely forced to marry men up to five times their age in Yemen. Now, the organisation drafting the country’s…

Yemen: the painful struggle of child brides

FRANCE 24 reports is in Sana’a, in Yemen. In this country, women still do not have the same priviledges than men. Our reporters met Sa’adah, a young…

Maile Je Bhoge – Episode 4 – Child Marriage

Child marriage continues to be a problem in many places of Nepal despite being banned by law. Latest national census shows that 60.1 % of marriages in…

'My Husband Treated Me As A Sex Object' Child Bride Who Was Married At The Age Of 11 Speaks Out

A child bride from Yemen who was forced to marry her distant cousin at the age of 11 has spoken out about the experience. According to reports, Noora…

Horrifying! Child Bride Dead From Sexual Injuries On Her Wedding Night

An eight year old bride in Yemen died from internal injuries on her wedding night, bleeding to death after deep vaginal tearing caused by sex with her…

Did Yemeni 'child bride' rape horror never happen Man produces eight year old daughter who he claims

Did Yemeni ‘child bride’ rape horror never happen Man produces eight year old daughter who he claims source

Child Marriage 'Cover Up' In Yemen

CHILD MARRIAGE: Yemen Minister Wants It Outlawed

Hooria Mashhour, Yemeni minister of Human Rights, at the 2013 Humanitarian Response Plan in Dubai on January 22, 2013. After an 8-year-old girl…

Afghanistan: Ending Child Marriage

Engaged at just ten years old, Farzana was promised to a 50 year-old farmer, already married with six children. Child marriage is not an unusual…