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Early Marriage in Ethiopia

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Family members place a white cloth over the head of Leyualem, 14, as she is prepared to be wisked away on a mule by her new groom and groomsmen in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia on May 23, 2007. Leyualem had never met her husband before her wedding day, yet sumitted as they bound her in the white wedding cloth. The men later said it was placed over her head so she would not be able to find her way back home, should she want to escape the marriage.

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Family members place a white cloth over the head of Leyualem, 14, as she is prepared to be wisked away on a mule by her new groom and groomsmen in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia on May 23, 2007. Leyualem had never met her husband before her wedding day, yet sumitted as they bound her in the white wedding cloth. The men later said it was placed over her head so she would not be able to find her way back home, should she want to escape the marriage.