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When was the 11 year old Afghan girl married?

When was the 11 year old Afghan girl married?

Amanpour asked Sinclair if the 11-year-old Afghan girl married in 2005, and others like her, consummate their marriages at such an early age. Sinclair says while many Afghans told her the men would wait until puberty, women pulled her aside to tell her that indeed the men do have sex with the prepubescent brides.

Who is the girl married to a 14 year old?

“It’s definitely rare and Nujood became kind of an international symbol of child marriage, because she was able to do this. And I think she’s inspired a lot of other girls and other organizations to support these girls, to have a stronger voice.” Leyualem, 14, is wisked away on a mule by her new groom and groomsmen in Ethiopia.

Who is the 10 year old girl married in India?

Kaushal ,10, and Rajni, 5, participate in the marriage ceremony in Northern India. Sinclair travelled to India and Nepal, and photographed child marriages among some Hindus. A five-year-old Hindu girl named Rajni was married under cover of night: “Literally at four o’clock in the morning.

How did the 11 year old girl get a divorce?

“A couple months after she was married, she went to the court and found a lawyer – a woman named Shada Nasser and asked her to help her get a divorce, and she was granted [it],” Sinclair says. “It’s definitely rare and Nujood became kind of an international symbol of child marriage, because she was able to do this.

Can a 12 year old get married in the US?

You can still get married at 12 in some parts of the US Several states – including Massachusetts – allow children to get married ‘in exceptional circumstances’ Data source: World Policy Centre

What’s the average age for a girl to get married?

Globally, the average legal age of marriage for boys is 17 and 16 for girls but many countries permit them, particularly girls, to marry much younger. According to the campaign group Girls Not Brides, one in three women in the developing world are said to be married before they turn 18.

How old do girls have to be to get married in Niger?

In Niger, for example, where the age of legal marriage for girls is 15, 76 per cent of girls are believed to be married before their 18th birthday. And some countries only permit marriage among the young for certain groups.

How old do you have to be to get married in the UK?

In the UK legal consent can be given as young as 16 – as long as it’s with parental consent. In July last year, the Spanish government announced it was to raise the marriage age from 14 to 16 to bring it into line with the rest of Europe.

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