http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/04/01/girls-in-yemen-forced-to-marry-too-young/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=girls-in-yemen-forced-to-marry-too-young The FPA Global Affairs Blog Network Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:43:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/04/01/girls-in-yemen-forced-to-marry-too-young/#comment-10714 Yemen Fights to Ban Child Marriages | Children Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:49:32 +0000 http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/04/01/girls-in-yemen-forced-to-marry-too-young/#comment-10714 [...] plight of child marriage in Yemen, including The Growing Battle of Yemen’s Child Brides and Girls In Yemen Forced to Marry Too Young, have brought the attention of the grave nature violations and abuse across the country. The [...] [...] plight of child marriage in Yemen, including The Growing Battle of Yemen’s Child Brides and Girls In Yemen Forced to Marry Too Young, have brought the attention of the grave nature violations and abuse across the country. The [...]

]]> http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/04/01/girls-in-yemen-forced-to-marry-too-young/#comment-10712 Children » Blog Archive Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:00:40 +0000 http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/04/01/girls-in-yemen-forced-to-marry-too-young/#comment-10712 [...] In April in the post, Girls In Yemen Forced to Marry Too Young, an introduction to the abuses committed against girls who are forced into marriage too early, including highlighting the hindrance that child marriage is placing on the country’s development. According to a recent study by Sana University, researchers found the average age of marriage in rural Yemen to be 12 to 13. Why are girls married off so young? Poverty and economic hardship are the root cause of the problem, which ironically has led only to develop into a cycle of poverty, as the girls are pulled from school for marriage leaving most illiterate. [...] [...] In April in the post, Girls In Yemen Forced to Marry Too Young, an introduction to the abuses committed against girls who are forced into marriage too early, including highlighting the hindrance that child marriage is placing on the country’s development. According to a recent study by Sana University, researchers found the average age of marriage in rural Yemen to be 12 to 13. Why are girls married off so young? Poverty and economic hardship are the root cause of the problem, which ironically has led only to develop into a cycle of poverty, as the girls are pulled from school for marriage leaving most illiterate. [...]

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