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Across the Middle East, marriage is seen as a rite of passage to adulthood, and, for women particularly, is still viewed as the gateway to independence, financial security and respect. But it seems that Middle Eastern women are beginning to find their...
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Blame it on illiteracy or more correctly on poverty. The twelve year old rag picker in Jaipur whose only concern must have been to earn enough to satisfy her hunger on...
made popular May 2 2009
Why would a 30-plus year-old man be interested in an 8-year-old girl? What could he possibly find in common with a child of that age, a pre-pubescent who has yet to...
made popular Feb 27 2009
It happens only in India. Two minor girls aged 7 were married to two frogs from the village pond during the Harvest Festival - Pongal in a remote village in Tamil...
made popular Jan 21 2009
As per the Bureau report, The Grand Mufti Abdul Aziz al-Shiekh, the most powerful and senior cleric of Saudi Arabia said, the marriage of 10 year old girls is justified...
made popular Jan 15 2009
This is the story of Nujood Mohammad Ali, a Yemini child bride who was married against her wish, through arranged marriage to a man three times her age has been honored...
made popular Nov 14 2008
Since most of us enjoy a city life and come from sound educated backgrounds, we rarely get to visualize the advantages of such backings as compared to a villager or...
made popular Sep 13 2008
The average marrying age of Yemeni females is 12 to 13. They are pulled out of school, end up illiterate, forced to have children before their bodies are ready, and...
made popular Jun 29 2008
A 13-year-old girl is revolting against a hoary tradition that has crushed many a childhood in Rajasthan - child marriage.
made popular Jun 8 2008
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A Yemeni judge dissolved the marriage of an 8-year-old girl to a man nearly four times her age, and the girl’s lawyer said Wednesday that the court also ordered...
made popular Apr 17 2008
Northern highlands of Ethiopia are still drenched into the age-old custom of child marriage. Despite international agreements and national laws, marriage of young girls...
made popular Jan 16 2007
Child marriage is banned in India but the story is different on the implementation level. Now, the government of India has taken strong step to tighten laws against...
made popular Dec 20 2006
India is a home to 19 percent of world’s children. The country is a story of stark contrasts and striking disparities as illustrated in a study of 43 focal...
made popular Sep 9 2006
Child marriage is not a new trend and is prevalent in Afghanistan since long. Not only this, child marriages here are even warranted in some versions of Islamic texts...
made popular Jul 14 2006
Despite a host of legal provisions, child marriage is still in vogue in many parts of South Asia.
This illegal practice results in heath problems, early pregnancy,...
made popular May 18 2006
Bangladesh is facing many problems while trying to counter the growing health hazards such as HIV. Other social issues like child marriage, women empowerment and the...
made popular May 17 2006
Marriage below the age of 18 for girls and 21 for boys is illegal in India under the Child Marriage Prevention Act of 1929.
Oops, but this thought is still embedded in...
made popular May 1 2006
Meenati Gagrai, a 14 year old tribal girl from Orissa who fought a lone battle against child marriage will be receiving the National Bravery Award on Republic...
made popular Nov 21 2005
A research conducted by the US Department of State has revealed that though Afghan women are excelling in every field after the fall of the Taliban, yet child marriages...
made popular Nov 18 2005
Child marriage in the village Daquf,located in Egypt,is a part of cultural practise. Young girls in this village are forced to marry at a tender age, as early a seven....
made popular Nov 12 2005
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The average marrying age of Yemeni females is 12 to 13. They are pulled out of school, end up illiterate, forced to have children before their bodies are ready, and...
made popular Jun 29 2008
Education for girls in Afghanistan appears nothing short of a dream. According to the reports from the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and NGOs, a high proportion of...
made popular Oct 11 2005
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