"The people who work full-time trying to prevent child marriage, and to
improve women's lives in societies of rigid tradition, are the first to
smack down the impertinent notion that anything about this endeavor is
simple. Forced early marriage thrives to this day in many regions of the
world—arranged by parents for their own children, often in defiance of
national laws, and understood by whole communities as an appropriate way
for a young woman to grow up when the alternatives, especially if they
carry a risk of her losing her virginity to someone besides her husband,
are unacceptable."
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http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/06/child-brides/gorney-text
Your information is well-researched, and you are a beacon of hope for the voiceless! What an ambitious project you have undertaken! I hope others join your cause in reaching those in need, because whether or not we choose to see it, it IS real!
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