Jun 27, 2011 10:53 BST A COURAGEOUS activist is launching a new campaign to end the forced marriage of girls in the world’s poorest countries.
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Noha
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Noha is just 14 years old. And she’s about to be married to a man more than twice her age. Every year, 10 million girls like Noha are married young and too often against their will. Some are as young as five. This can end their chance of going to school and shorten their lives by leaving them more vulnerable to violence, HIV and death in childbirth.
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Oct 10, 2011 12:23 BST Take the vow. So girls can say “no” to marriage Noha is 14. She’s about to marry a man twice her age. And she’s just one of 10 million girls who’ll be married either too young, or against their will this year – some as young as five years old. This can end their chance of going to school and shorten their lives by leaving them more vulnerable to violence, HIV and death in childbirth.
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