Getting married is supposed to be one of the most special
moments in life, but what happens when it turns out to be more of a nightmare
than the dream you’d envisioned?
An 8 year old Yemeni child bride, a mere girl, recently died
on her wedding night from internal hemorrhaging. She was married to a man five
times her age. As disgusting as the tradition of marrying off children to much
older men is, it is common practice in Yemen.
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More than a quarter of the female population are married
before the age of 15. In 2010, a 12 year-old girl passed away after struggling
for three days in labor, attempting to give birth to a baby. Countless other
children have been subjected to similar atrocities.
At only 8 years-old, one child bride in Yemen sustained
internal injuries so severe, she died. Marrying young daughters to much older
men is a common practice in Yemen.
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More than a quarter or Yemen’s female population marry
before the age of 15.
These atrocities against young girls have outraged groups
all over the world who are working to stop this barbaric tradition.
Groups all over the world are working to snuff out this
archaic and disgusting practice, but its proving difficult. The impoverished
country is gripped by the practice of selling off children to be married; poor
families find themselves unable to say no to “bride-prices” that can be
hundreds of dollars for their daughters. More people need to know this is
happening.
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Via : Beextrahealthynow.net