Tag: child bride
Dec 14, 2011 15:35 GMT On the day the UK government is focusing on tackling domestic abuse – including forced marriage – Plan is launching the first-ever national education resource dedicated to the issue. We are providing thousands of secondary schools with a ground-breaking animated film and learning plan: ‘The Right to Say No’.
Jun 28, 2011 13:50 BST 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.
