Tag: early and forced marriage

Press Releases

FORCED MARRIAGE SURVIVOR LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN ON CHILD BRIDES

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.

Images

Noha

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.

Videos

Take The Vow infographic

Jul 04, 2011 17:32 BST
Length  1:15

Take The Vow

Jun 28, 2011 11:11 BST
Length  2:55