Forced marriages can be nothing short of devastating for the young girls involved. Early marriage frequently means early motherhood, and that often means dropping out of school. This form of human rights abuse is not limited to a few countries, either its a global issue. In fact, around 700 million women and girls alive today were married off before they were 18. And more than a third were not even 15. The world leader when it comes to child brides is india. The u. N. Estimates that nearly half of all indian women are married off before they are 18. Reporter this is muneera khan, at work in a Womens Center in hyderabad. She tells us shes 19, but doesnt know exactly when she was born. Muneera was only 11 years old when her parents sold her for 50,000 rupies the equivalent of 800 euros. Muneera no one asked me. My relatives came together and decided to marry me off to a 75yearold man from oman. They only told me on the day of the wedding. When i saw the old man, all i could do was cry. I
Forced marriages can be nothing short of devastating for the young girls involved. Early marriage frequently means early motherhood, and that often means dropping out of school. This form of human rights abuse is not limited to a few countries, either its a global issue. In fact, around 700 million women and girls alive today were married off before they were 18. And more than a third were not even 15. The world leader when it comes to child brides is india. The u. N. Estimates that nearly half of all indian women are married off before they are 18. Reporter this is muneera khan, at work in a Womens Center in hyderabad. She tells us shes 19, but doesnt know exactly when she was born. Muneera was only 11 years old when her parents sold her for 50,000 rupies the equivalent of 800 euros. Muneera no one asked me. My relatives came together and decided to marry me off to a 75yearold man from oman. They only told me on the day of the wedding. When i saw the old man, all i could do was cry. I
Forced marriages can be nothing short of devastating for the young girls involved. Early marriage frequently means early motherhood, and that often means dropping out of school. This form of human rights abuse is not limited to a few countries, either its a global issue. In fact, around 700 million women and girls alive today were married off before they were 18. And more than a third were not even 15. The world leader when it comes to child brides is india. The u. N. Estimates that nearly half of all indian women are married off before they are 18. Reporter this is muneera khan, at work in a Womens Center in hyderabad. She tells us shes 19, but doesnt know exactly when she was born. Muneera was only 11 years old when her parents sold her for 50,000 rupies the equivalent of 800 euros. Muneera no one asked me. My relatives came together and decided to marry me off to a 75yearold man from oman. They only told me on the day of the wedding. When i saw the old man, all i could do was cry. I
Forced marriages can be nothing short of devastating for the young girls involved. Early marriage frequently means early motherhood, and that often means dropping out of school. This form of human rights abuse is not limited to a few countries, either its a global issue. In fact, around 700 million women and girls alive today were married off before they were 18. And more than a third were not even 15. The world leader when it comes to child brides is india. The u. N. Estimates that nearly half of all indian women are married off before they are 18. Reporter this is muneera khan, at work in a Womens Center in hyderabad. She tells us shes 19, but doesnt know exactly when she was born. Muneera was only 11 years old when her parents sold her for 50,000 rupies the equivalent of 800 euros. Muneera no one asked me. My relatives came together and decided to marry me off to a 75yearold man from oman. They only told me on the day of the wedding. When i saw the old man, all i could do was cry. I
Early motherhood, and that often means dropping out of school. This form of human rights abuse is not limited to a few countries, either its a global issue. In fact, around 700 million women and girls alive today were married off before they were 18. And more than a third were not even 15. The world leader when it comes to child brides is india. The u. N. Estimates that nearly half of all indian women are married off before they are 18. Reporter this is muneera khan, at work in a Womens Center in hyderabad. She tells us shes 19, but doesnt know exactly when she was born. Muneera was only 11 years old when her parents sold her for 50,000 rupies the equivalent of 800 euros. Muneera no one asked me. My relatives came together and decided to marry me off to a 75yearold man from oman. They only told me on the day of the wedding. When i saw the old man, all i could do was cry. I tried to protest and said im they only told me on the day of far too young. Reporter india outlawed Child Marriage