UNICEF helps to begin changing attitudes towards early marriage in Niger In several communities across Africa, a young girl often does not have a say in whether and whom she will marry. It is the parents, both the man’s and the girl’s, who make the decision. In Niger, 1 out of 2 girls is married… Continue reading Stopping Early Marriages in Africa
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Early Marriage Problems are not Unique to African
She’s just 10 years in Madrid, Spain and the mother says ‘These things are normal in our country. Girls get married at 10 so we don’t understand why people are so surprise”.