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Gul Meena showed the scars on her face. After she ran away from an arranged marriage, her brother and uncle found her and attacked her with an ax. Credit Jim Huylebroek for The New York Times

Forced Child Marriage … an Afghan Tragedy

by Rod Nordland | Oct 11, 2017 | World

Kabul – Afghanistan is a place where all too often a young girl’s dreams die. But not always. So it has been with three Afghan friends, whose unrelated cases were all so awful that they are painful to talk about even now that the three are young women, years...

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A veiled girl from the Saraniya community waits for her
engagement ceremony to start at Vadia village in the western Indian
state of Gujarat, March 11, 2012. REUTERS/Amit Dave

World Bank Warns Developing Countries from Economic Costs of Child Marriage

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 10, 2017 | Business

Washington- The World Bank and the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) report has said child marriage will cost developing countries trillions of dollars by 2030. In contrast, ending child marriage would have a large positive effect on the educational...

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Iraqi protesters hold a banner during a demonstration against the draft of the Ja’afari Personal Status Law during International Women’s Day in Baghdad on March 8, 2014. (Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani)

Opinion: Personal Matters

by Diana Moukalled | Mar 12, 2014 | Opinion

The Iraqi women protesting in Baghdad—dressed in black—over the Ja’afari personal status draft law which the Iraqi cabinet has approved, are linked to our situation as individuals in general and as women in particular. It is truly an occasion where we must all wear...

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A groom who is a member of the Orphan Foundation for Development, wearing his traditional attire attends a mass wedding ceremony in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. The mass wedding was organized by Orphan Foundation of Development for 4,000 brides and grooms, supported by the former Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al […]

Opinion: Yemen can and should end child marriage now

by Houriah Mashhour | Nov 2, 2013 | Debate

Child marriage is a phenomenon found around the world, including in Arab societies. Yemen is the most prominent of the Arab countries where child marriage is at issue. Child marriage is found most frequently in rural, poverty-stricken areas. However, poverty is not...