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.
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. Hit
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