Early Marriage in Nepal

Meena, 15, weeps remembering her experience as a child bride. After escaping her abusive husband, she found shelter in a safe house run by the Child Workers in Nepal Concerned Centre in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Too Young to Wed

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