Thursday, October 11, 2012

Child marriages common in Afghanistan




Published 11 October 2012 02:37 1172 Views
The UN marks Thursday as International Day of the Girl Child. The focus this year is on ending child marriages. In Afghanistan, the practice is illegal under the law but still very common. Al Jazeera's Jennifer Glasse has been speaking to one woman who was forced into a marriage at the age of 11.

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